Index at bottom of the page.

1. True or False, one
unidentified soldier said to
United Press International
that there was nothing to do
in Vietnam and therefore many
of the men smoked marijuana.


2. Washington encouraged its
SEATO allies to contribute
troops. Major allies, however,
declined Washington's troop
requests. Who did NOT
send troops?

3. By the end of what year,
when did Westmoreland predict
victory?

4. True or False, The outcome
of the incident was the
passage by Congress of
the Southeast Asia Resolution
(better known as the Gulf of
Tonkin Resolution), which
granted President Lyndon B.
Johnson the authority to
assist any Southeast Asian
country whose government was
considered to be jeopardized
by "communist aggression,"
including the commitment of
U.S. forces without a
declaration of war.

5. The U.S. had begun
providing direct support to
the South Vietnamese in the
form of military and financial
aid and military advisers, the
number of which grew from 600
in 1961. What was the size of
the U.S. military force by the
end of John F. Kennedy's
presidency in 1963.

6. True or False, while
Kennedy had originally
supported the policy of
sending military advisers to
Vietnam, he had begun to alter
his thinking due to what he
perceived to be the ineptitude
of the Saigon government and
its inability and
unwillingness to make needed
reforms (which led to an
American-supported coup which
resulted in the death of
Diem). Shortly before his
assassination in November
1963, Kennedy had begun
limited recall of American
forces.

7. Johnson's views were
likewise complex, but he had
supported military escalation
in Vietnam as a means to
challenge what he perceived as
the expansionist policies of
the Soviet Union. The Cold War
policy of containment was to
be applied to prevent the fall
of Southeast Asia to communist
governments. What was the
theory known as?

8. What was the name of the
highly classified program of
covert actions against North
Vietnam had begun under the
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) in 1961?

9. True or False, in 1974 the
program was transferred to the
Defense Department and
conducted by the Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam
Studies and Observations
Group (SOG).

10. For the maritime portion
of the covert operation,
Tjeld-class fast patrol boats
had been purchased quietly
sent to South Vietnam.
Although the crews of the
boats were South Vietnamese
naval personnel, approval for
each mission conducted under
the plan came directly from
Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp, Jr.,
CINCPAC in Honolulu, who
received his orders from the
White House. What country did
the fast patrol boats
come from?

11. After the coastal attacks
began, Hanoi lodged a
complaint with the
International Control
Commission (ICC), which had
been established in 1954 to
oversee the terms of the
Geneva Accords, but the U.S.
denied any involvement. Four
years later, it was Secretary
of Defense Robert S. McNamara
admitted to Congress that the
U.S. ships had in fact been
cooperating in the South
Vietnamese attacks against
North Vietnam. Who admitted
the facts to Congress?

12. The night before the
launching of the actions
against North Vietnamese
facilities on Hon Me and Hon
Ngu islands, SOG had launched
a covert long-term agent team
into North Vietnam. What
happened to the team?

13. That night (for the second
evening in a row) two flights
of CIA-sponsored Laotian
fighter-bombers attacked
border outposts well within
southwestern North Vietnam.
Where did the mercenary pilots
come from?

14. Who was on duty in the
Pentagon the night of August 4
receiving messages from the
ship, reported that the ship
was on a secret electronic
warfare support measures
mission (codenamed Desoto)
near North Vietnamese
territorial waters.

15. On July 31, 1964, the
Maddox had begun its
intelligence collection
mission in the gulf. Admiral
George Stephen Morrison was in
command of local American
forces from his flagship. What
was the name of his flagship?


16. On August 2 Maddox claimed
it was attacked by three North
Vietnamese P-4 patrol torpedo
boats 28 miles away from the
North Vietnamese coast in
international waters. The
Maddox claimed to have evaded
a torpedo attack and opened
fire with its five-inch guns,
forcing the patrol craft away.
U.S. aircraft launched from a
aircraft carrier. Name the
aircraft carrier?

17. The U.S aircraft attacked
the retiring P-4s, claiming
one as sunk and one
heavily damaged.

18. True or False, an official
2005 NSA declassified report
which stated on page 17: "At
1500G, Captain Herrick
(commander of the Maddox)
ordered Ogier's gun crews to
open fire if the boats
approached within ten
thousand yards. At about
1505G, the Maddox fired three
rounds to warn off the
communist boats. This initial
action was never reported by
the Johnson administration,
which insisted that the
Vietnamese boats
fired first."

19. On August 4, another
Desoto patrol off the North
Vietnamese coast was launched
by Maddox and the C. Turner
Joy, in order to "show the
flag" after the first
incident. What was the
distance from the coast of
North Vietnam, their orders
indicated that the ships
were to keep?

20. True or False, at 0127
Washington time, Maddox's
captain, Herrick sent a cable
in which he admitted that the
attack may never have happened
and that there may actually
have been no Vietnamese craft
in the area: "Review of action
makes many reported contacts
and torpedoes fired appear
doubtful. Freak weather
effects on radar and overeager
sonarmen may have accounted
for many reports. No actual
visual sightings by Maddox.
Suggest complete evaluation
before any further
action taken"