The document discusses the Gulf of Tonkin Incidents in 1964 which involved attacks on US ships by North Vietnamese vessels and served as the justification for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that gave President Johnson broad war powers to escalate US military involvement in Vietnam. It notes that while the US initially had a support and training role in South Vietnam, the Gulf of Tonkin Incidents led to the first significant deployment of US ground forces in a defensive capacity and marked the beginning of large-scale US military involvement in the costly and frustrating Vietnam War.

1. Opposition To The War

3. What are the Gulf of Tonkin and the
USS Maddox Incidents?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, or the USS Maddox
Incident, are the names given to two separate
confrontations, one actual and one now recognized
as non-existent, involving North Vietnam and the
United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.

4. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was the
congressional response to two alleged attacks on
U.S. ships in international waters by Vietnamese
vessels.

5. President Johnson asked congress to support a
move to build up our troops in South Vietnam to
protect our ally from Communist incursion.

6. This brought about the first significant
move to put U.S. forces on the ground
in Vietnam in a defensive role rather
than a "support & train" role.

7. The Costly and Frustrating War
U.S bombers did disrupt
North Vietnamese industry
and slow the movement of
supplies to the Vietcong.
NOW… the American
troops had Increased!

8. Thanks for your attention
Haifa Ahmed
Mariam Tajadeen