LBJ gives Gulf of Tonkin speech

Speaker

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

Date

• August 4, 1964

Summary

• Recording of President Lyndon Johnson's televised speech to the nation, delivered late in the evening on August 4, 1964, describing two incidents that took place in the Gulf of Tonkin in the previous 48 hours.