Rarely has a collection of documents similar to these papers come to light in modern history. ... In August 1964, a memorandum from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Assistant Secretary of State William Bundy outlined the September schedule for OPLAN 34A. ...
The Tet Offensive 1968 Vietnamese Lunar New Year has been a traditional celebration that brings the Vietnamese a sense of happiness, hope and peace. However, in recent years, it also brings back a bitter memory full of tears. It reminds them of the Tet offensive, which occurred on January 31, 196...
Navy vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964, Johnson authorized limited bombing raids on North Vietnam and secured a resolution from Congress allowing him to use military forces in Vietnam. ... But the communists' Tet offensive launched in January 1968 quickly extinguished the "light at the end of the tunnel". ...
"Diem labored under certain disadvantages: he had left Vietnam in August 1950 and had thus played no part in the glorious struggle against the French, living in America for most of that period; he had few political allies and was hesitant to trust anyone except members of his own powerful family; he was aloof and distant, a man with no popular following and neither inclined nor equipped to acquire one; and he was a devout Catholic in a Vietnam that was less than 15 percent Catholic. ... On August 2, 1964 the USS Maddox was off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, when it was fired...
