embarrassed to say I’m not familiar with it. All I know is the French withdrew and we went in. I thought the earliest battle was in that movie We Were Soldiers with Mel Gibson.
http://www.historynet.com/case-closed-the-gulf-of-tonkin-incident.htm
Don’t know how to post a link, but this Historynet.com article covers it pretty well.
BTW, the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga was a key player in the incident. My Dad served in the Pacific on that carrier in WWI