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Air Strike Against North Vietnam

  • 8/4/1964

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Description

Joint Chiefs of Staff Cable 7720.This is a cable from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) authorizing an air strike in retaliation for the second Gulf of Tonkin incident.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection LBJ-NSF: National Security Files.

National Archives Identifier: 2803398

Full Citation: Air Strike Against North Vietnam; 8/4/1964; Maddox Incident 8/4/64; Operation Pierce Arrow 8/5/64; Vietnam Country Files, 11/22/1963 – 1/20/1969; Collection LBJ-NSF: National Security Files,; Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, TX. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/air-strike-north-vietnam/, April 4, 2026]

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