A History of Violence On August 7, 1964, the “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution” was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson. The reasons for the passage were because on August 2 a destroyer, the USS Maddox, was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats, then, on August 4, that ship was again attacked along with another, the USS Turner Joy, although the second incident was later discovered, thanks to the release of the Pentagon Papers (officially: “History of U.S. https://gloriousnoise.com/2026/a-history-of-violence