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English: Photograph taken from USS Maddox (DD-731) during her engagement with three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin, 2 August 1964. The view shows all three of the boats speeding towards the Maddox."
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 95611 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy sailor aboard USS Maddox (DD-731)

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