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what lead the north Vietnamese boats to attack the u.s.s maddox and the u.s.s turner joy for the war to start?

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Hello :)

McNamara admitted that an attack on the USS Maddox happened on August 2, but the supposed August 4 attack, for which Washington authorized retaliation, never happened.

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