The Gulf of Tonkin
The idea is the fact that the Gulf of Tonkin incident, that was a major reason why the Vietnam war broke on, never actually occurred. Also it had been true! Exactly what took place ended up being that USS Maddox supposedly engaged three Vietnamese Navy torpedo ships as part of an intelligence patrol. The Maddox fired almost 300 shells. However, it turns out there had been no Vietnamese vessels within incident…So, what precisely was the Maddox firing at?
