Tonkin Gulf
The Tonkin Gulf is connected to the Pacific Ocean at the northwest arm of the South China Sea. The gulf is 500 kilometers long, 250 kilometers wide, and 70 meters deep at its deepest point...
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HAIPHONG, Vietnam, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy vessels
on Wednesday became the first American warships to visit
northern Vietnam in peacetime, entering Haiphong port which
U.S. forces mined a...
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On Aug. 4, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson had a busy day juggling his civil rights initiative, a growing crisis in the Gulf of Tonkin and the discovery of the bodies of three missing civil rights w...
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Some other key war votes in Congress.IRAQ-TERRORISM_October 2002: Congress authorized President Bush to use the military to "defend the national security of the United States against the continuing...
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Today is Sunday, July 29, the 210th day of 2007. There are 155 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 29, 1981, Britain's Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer in a resplend...
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Today is Tuesday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2007. There are 146 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 7, 1942, U.S. and allied forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of...
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Area: 329,315 sq km (127,149 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 83,458,000Capital:
Hanoi
Chief of state:
Presidents
Tran Duc
Luong and, from June 27, Nguyen Minh
Triet
Head of government:
Prime Min...
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Josh Rushing, the former Marine and Control Room star turned Al-Jazeera English reporter, spent nearly his entire adult life around combat gear. But a week ago, he seemed a bit uneasy with the pile...
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Tonkin Gulf
U.S. warships make first north Vietnam visit
