 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Operation Formation Star yakaisa dambudziko guru pakutsigirwa kweUnited States Seventh Fleet muhondo yeVietnam, kunyanya ndege dzinotakura ndege neTask Force 77 paYankee Station muGulf of Tonkin mufananidzo. Mazuva maviri pamberi pokubatwa kwePueblo, 21 January 1968, Hondo yeNorth Vietnamese yakatanga kukomba kwayokurwisa Khe Sanh Combat Base pedyo neVietnamese Demilitarized Zone DMZ. Mazuva manomwe pashure pokunge dambudziko rePueblo ratanga, maViet Cong neNorth Vietnamese Peoples Army of Vietnam vakatanga Tet Offensive, chirongwa chokurwisa nokukurumidza mauto nevasiri varwi uye nzvimbo dzokutarisira muSouth Vietnam yose. Panguva imwe chete nezviitiko zviviri izvi, rutsigiro rweTask Force 77 rweOperation Rolling Thunder rwakakanganiswa zvikuru nemamiriro ekunze akashata pamusoro peNorth Vietnam. 