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Podcast: Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things (DetectiverySOM)
Episode: McNamara's Morons, Project 100,000 A Vietnam War Debacle
Description: Send us Fan MailThe Vietnam war is a black mark in history, many stories from Vietnam are filled with tragedy and sadness. The story of McNamara's Project 100,000 was a practice in idiocy...went on to garner the nickname "McNamara's Morons", a complete tragedy. In this episode we take a look at this absolute disastrous plan to fill the ranks of depleting soldiers in the Vietnam war through the practice of recruiting soldiers who did not pass the adopted military entrance exam (ASVAB). The soldiers who passed through this program were not prepared for what awa...