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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964 provoked Congress to authorize President Johnson's use of military force
against the North Vietnamese. What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin to encourage Congress to act?

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Answer: In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina.

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