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USN 711523 Tonkin Gulf Incident, August 1964

Photo #: USN 711523 Tonkin Gulf Incident, August 1964
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Title: Tonkin Gulf Incident, August 1964
Description: Photograph taken from USS Maddox (DD-731) during her engagement with three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin, 2 August 1964. The view shows shells fired by Maddox splashing astern of one of the boats. Smoke at the left is perhaps from other shells and/or from another boat. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
Catalog #: USN 711523
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