Question

under the gulf of tonkin resolution, johnson sent us troops to vietnam. eventually the number of troops reached 500,000 group of answer choices true false

Answer 1

True. President Johnson claimed a second attack at the Gulf of Tonkin which proclaimed authorization for the U.S. retaliate with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. As a result, the United States involvement in North and South Vietnam deepened increasing from approximately 16,000 American “advisors” in South Vietnam to more than 500,000 soldiers.