The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
In 1964, my ship sailed along the edge of a typhoon to reach the Gulf of Tonkin; ours (USS HENRY W. TUCKER) was one of two ships assigned to replace the USS MADDOX and USS TURNER JOY during a mission that was then called the “DeSoto Patrol” in th…
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