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When did North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack the U.S. destroyers?

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On Aug. 4 1964 North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin were alleged to have attacked without provocation U.S. destroyers that were reporting intelligence information to South Vietnam.

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