Tag Archives: Gulf of Tonkin

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver :
Tonkin Gulf: The event that changed my
life forever

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

I was a fly on the wall. I was a member of the staff of the operational command under whose authority the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy would enter the history books. By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver | The … Continue reading →

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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : ‘Crossing the Rubicon’ at the Gulf of Tonkin

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

E. J. Fitzgerald’s painting (1980) illustrates the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. U.S. Navy Historical Center / Wikimedia Commons.Crossing the Rubicon:The Tonkin Gulf Incident It’s an event I can never forget, because I was there, a young sailor working in the … Continue reading →

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Who Should We Believe? : Faisal Shahzad, and the Gulf of Tonkin

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Gulf of Tonkin incident, off the coast of North Vietnam, August 2, 1964. Illustration by E.J. Fitzgerald (1980) / U.S. Navy Historical Center / Wikimedia Commons.Who should we believe?How foreign policy lies lead to war By Harry Targ / The … Continue reading →

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