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Why did Johnson order an airstrike?

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The Geneva Accords divided the country into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. ... President Johnson increased U.S. involvement after North Vietnam attacked a U.S. destroyer patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave Johnson the authority to use force to defend American troops.

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