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In the early hours of Sunday, August 2, 1964, President Johnson received a message that North Vietnamese torpedo boats had attacked an American destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin. In the morning the President met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and others to discuss the situation in Vietnam. At the meeting it was decided not to retaliate at this time, to strengthen the American patrols, and to issue a protest note to North Vietnam. Later that day, the President walked to church services at St. John's Episcopal Church with Lady Bird Johnson.
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President's Daily Diary Entry, August 2, 1964
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President's Daily Diary Entry, August 2, 1964
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In the early hours of Sunday, August 2, 1964, President Johnson received a message that North Vietnamese torpedo boats had attacked an American destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin. In the morning the President met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and others to discuss the situation in Vietnam. At the meeting it was decided not to retaliate at this time, to strengthen the American patrols, and to issue a protest note to North Vietnam. Later that day, the President walked to church services at St. John's Episcopal Church with Lady Bird Johnson.
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President's Daily Diary
President's Daily Diary
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Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Maddox (Destroyer). 9/1947-1969
Department of Defense. Joint Chiefs of Staff. 9/17/1947-
McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009
Ball, George W. (George Wildman), 1909-1994
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Vance, Cyrus R. (Cyrus Roberts), 1917-2002
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991
Wheeler, Earle Gilmore, 1908-1975
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