[DOC] [TLE] Gulf of Tonkin incident - Wikipedia [PAR] On August 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox, while performing a signals intelligence patrol as part of DESOTO operations, was pursued by three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo Squadron. ... Maddox "was unscathed except for a single bullet hole from a Vietnamese machine gun round". [DOC] [TLE] The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 50 Years Ago - History in the Headlines [PAR] Aug 1, 2014 ... On August 2, 1964, the U.S. destroyer Maddox exchanged shots with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later, the Maddox and another destroyer reported once again coming under fire. [DOC] [TLE] North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack US destroyer - Aug 02, 1964 [PAR] North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack the destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731). 
The American ship had been cruising around the Tonkin Gulf monitoring radio 
and ... between USS Maddox and North Vietnamese torpedo boats on August 2, 
1964... [DOC] [TLE] Case Closed: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident | HistoryNet [PAR] Aug 7, 2014 ... 4, 1964, attack by North Vietnam on U.S. destroyers never actually ... What did 
and didn't happen in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 2 and 4 has... [DOC] [TLE] The Truth About Tonkin | U.S. Naval Institute [PAR] On 2 August 1964, North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats attacked the USS 
Maddox (DD-731) while the destroyer was in international waters in the Gulf of... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War: the Gulf of Tonkin and ... [PAR] In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in ... 
They reported an attack by North Vietnamese patrol boats on August 2, and a... [DOC] [TLE] Gulf of Tonkin 1964 - History Learning Site [PAR] The Gulf of Tonkin is off the coast of what was North Vietnam. ... On August 2nd 
1964, three North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on the 'USS Maddox' in the 
Gulf of Tonkin. ... The US destroyer then sailed back to international waters. ... 
back into the Gulf of Tonkin and he again radioed that his ship was under attack 
once it... [DOC] [TLE] 30-year Anniversary: Tonkin Gulf Lie Launched Vietnam War | FAIR [PAR] Jul 27, 1994 ... American Planes Hit North Vietnam After Second Attack on Our Destroyers; 
Move ... a Washington Post headline on Aug. 5, 1964. That same day, the front 
page of the ... attack against a U.S. destroyer on routine patrol in the Tonkin 
Gulf on Aug. 2  and that North Vietnamese PT boats followed up with a... [DOC] [TLE] 9-11 Review: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident [PAR] In the Gulf of Tonkin incident, North Vietnamese torpedo boats supposedly ... in 
the Gulf of Tonkin, off Vietnam, in a pair of assaults on August 2 and 4 of 1964. ... 
of the August 2nd attack as an "unprovoked attack" against a U.S. destroyer on... [DOC] [TLE] LBJ Tapes on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident - National Security Archive [PAR] On August 2, 1964, the American destroyer Maddox, on patrol off the coast of the 
Democratic Republic of Vietnam, was attacked by several North Vietnamese... [DOC] [TLE] security council hears us charge of north vietnamese attacks, 1964 [PAR] At 8:08 a.m. Greenwich meridian time, August 2,1964, the United States 
destroyer Maddox was on routine patrol in international waters in the Gulf of 
Tonkin,... [DOC] [TLE] Gulf of Tonkin Incident - United States History [PAR] The Gulf of Tonkin Incident began on August 2, 1964, when an American ship, ... 
The destroyer was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo patrol boats* and the... [DOC] [TLE] Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin Incident - Military History - About.com [PAR] The Gulf of Tonkin Incident occurred on August 2 and 4, 1964, and saw US naval 
... While the attack on August 2 happened as reported, the second attack may not 
... the destroyer USS Maddox commenced a Desoto patrol off North Vietnam. [DOC] [TLE] Gulf of Tonkin - National Archives Experience [PAR] Results 1 - 7 of 8 ... Three North Vietnamese P-4 torpedo boats attacked the U.S.S. Maddox, an 
American destroyer patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin, on

Question: On August 2, 1964 a U.S. destroyer was attacked by the North Vietnamese in this gulf
Answer: the Gulf of Tonkin