Air Strike Against North Vietnam
8/4/1964
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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.
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/documents/document/air-strike-north-vietnam, April 26, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.