The event that gave the U.S.President the ability to become intensely involved in Vietnam with a massive military force was

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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964 was the event that gave the U.S. President (Lyndon B. Johnson at the time) the authority to use military force in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war from Congress. This led to a massive escalation of American involvement in the conflict.

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