Controversial 'Project 100,000'

Controversial 'Project 100,000'

Project 100,000 was a controversial 1960s program where LBJ and Sec of Def Robert MacNamara decided to lower the mental and medical standards to recruit more soldiers to fight in Vietnam. These soldiers died at approximately 3 times the normal rate.

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