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The Tonkin Gulf episode of early August in 1964 was where, during US involvement in the Vietnam War, two U.S. destroyers were allegedly fired upon by North Vietnamese. LBJ took action by calling the attack "unprovoked" (although evidence pointed otherwise) and made political hay out of the situation by proclaiming he sought no wider war and ordered limited retaliatory air raids, with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution being drawn up to allow LBJ to use further force in Southeast Asia. Ultimately this would result in a full-scale involvement in the Vietnam War and increasing unpopularity of LBJ as support for the war by the people would decline.
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