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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 95611
Tonkin Gulf Incident, August 1964
Photograph taken from USS Maddox (DD-731) during her engagement
with three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats in the Gulf of
Tonkin, 2 August 1964.
The view shows all three of the boats speeding towards the Maddox.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 460 pixels
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