To basically make sure you've made your claim clear, and to re-instate your claim just one last time, and add any examples you've missed.
The US navy was successful in driving back the Japanese forces in the Pacific was because the US was able to replace ships, airplanes, and soldiers faster than Japan could.
On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.