Indeed- I had questions while in the Navy about the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" as it almost drew the ship I was on back to Japan when it occurred-we were on the way back stateside for refit- a few months later, when I was in the radio room, we got a radioman 3rd from the USS Maddox and he looked really apprehensive and hollow eyed. I later deduced he was given the riot act in the form of signing the NDA secrets act.. From that time on, every crisis involving Naval vessels I looked at with a skeptical mind.. from that, ANY crisis...
Indeed- I had questions while in the Navy about the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" as it almost drew the ship I was on back to Japan when it occurred-we were on the way back stateside for refit- a few months later, when I was in the radio room, we got a radioman 3rd from the USS Maddox and he looked really apprehensive and hollow eyed. I later deduced he was given the riot act in the form of signing the NDA secrets act.. From that time on, every crisis involving Naval vessels I looked at with a skeptical mind.. from that, ANY crisis...