US Escalation in Vietnam Timeline

By Anthony Lazzari

  • The Gulf of Tonkin incident

  • the signing of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution

  • three North Vietnamese torpedo boats approached and fired on the USS Maddox.

  • Gulf of Tonkin resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin resolution started the escalation of the war.

  • JFK assasination

    JFKś assassination caused Johnson to become president and caused the USA to stay longer in the war than JFK wanted to.