[null and void]

The US Navy released this statement.

Yeah. They released statements saying the North Vietnamese attacked them in the Gulf of Tonkin, too.

How did that turn out?

[Uncle Miltie]

Giap confirmed the North Vietnamese attack of Aug 2nd. See above.

[Tejas Rob]

You said is was MSM, just saying it wasn’t.

[BTerclinger]

The first Tonkin attack was real. The second was not.
And the NAVY told LBJ that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident#Second_attack

[redgolum]

....

I must admit I thought the same thing.