Low I.Q. People Forced to Become Soldiers (Vietnam War)

'Project 100,000' One of the cruellest most controversial experiments of the Vietnam War in the 1960s..
Physical strength, intelligence, and courage might be some of the values generally demanded in the ideal soldier, but in times of war, a desperate country may find that relaxing these conditions is necessary in order to swell its ranks with more troops. Put simply, the day dreamers who normally sat at the back of the class now became viable options for military service, to be followed by a few years of brutal combat operations overseas. The Authorities would find it more convenient looking the other way when someone failed an English paper if they can now be shipped off to fight on the front line of Vietnam.

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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script:
Natasha Martell
Luke Ursone

Narrator:

Chris Kane

[noahnewcomer]

When you realize having Forest Gump and Private Pyle in the military was actually historically accurate for the time

[butters]

As a proud veteran, I can tell you most soldiers are ok... but soldiers like this still exist.

[xdelite]

I can assure you this never went away. I spent 5 minutes trying to teach my direct supervisor how 1/8th of a tank of fuel was less than 1/4th of a tank of fuel. This man commanded my life in his hands.

[henryvl]

I love how he describes the "Moron" nickname as cruel yet goes ahead to portray them with fart noises and drooling 😂

[STDRACO]

OP: "They were cruelly mocked"
Animator and sound effects guy: "not enough"

[pheonix]

Giving a new meaning to "special forces"

[meatisburger]

I was in an Airborne infantry unit (2/503rd PIR 173rd ABN BDE). We were conducting a training jump in Germany and there where windmills in the vicinity, but not on, the drop zone. My SAW gunner was freaking out because he believed that the windmills would make the drop zone dangerously windy. He has the most casualty producing weapon in our fireteam, yet had to be instructed on how windmills work.

[Christianwhyallhandlestaken]

Imagine being a drill sergeant and knowing that you are basically sending these guys to their death.

[danielboone]

My uncle was one of these guys. Government tried to abandon him, but my great grandmother wrote to the president (Carter) and he ACTUALLY PERSONALLY WROTE BACK and had the discharge changed to honorable so he could collect his full benefits. He really needed them.

[RyanKlein]

These guys were some of the hardest working soldiers when given a clear task. Its the public and government who treated them harshly.

[ML-dzix]

There was a surviving MM in a neighboring town where I grew up. He got married after VietNam, and fathered two special needs daughters. The family were all still together in the early 2000’s. The highlight of their week was going to the town diner. Even there, they kept to themselves.

[Griggs]

It wasn’t uncommon in the Vietnam war to consider working class and the uneducated as ‘expendable’ to send to and bolster the front line. My grandfather got an exempt from the draft since he was working and going to school for his masters in electrical engineering at the time and was considered too valuable to send over. On the other side both my grandmas brothers got sent over where her one brother only had a 8th grade education and was most likely undiagnosed with high functioning autism and learning disabilities.

[KillerQueenforblood]

“Never underestimated the power of stupid people in large groups”
-George Carlin

[Krisz]

They’re poor, they’re unwanted, yet they’re fighting for our society and our freedom. It’s weird, isn’t it? They’re the bottom of the barrel and they know it. Maybe that’s why they call themselves grunts, cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They’re the best I’ve ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul.”


Platoon

I can fully recommend this movie.

[kiddreckless]

My grandfather was drafted in Vietnam and once he returned every Christmas or Thanksgiving he would invite random people to our family gatherings. I asked him one time who these people where? He told me they were victims of something I do not wanna talk about, since I liked military history once my grandfather passed away he gave me his journal from the war. The horrors my grandfather saw in the marine core only made me respect all soldiers who fight for our country, if you are a vet and you are reading this thank you for you're service!

[joshuas]

My grandfather, a WWII vet, told me about McNamara's morons. I was shocked and appalled. Thank you for covering this important story.

[aurorasgaminglegacy]

My grandfather who was a german ww2 vet, he was fighting in vietnam as a mercenary and he also told my dad about there so called morrons, and he said that he would have send them home if he was a drill sergent, he could not see these men fight, he had respect for people who had issues.

[trippies]

0:56 using a rifle as a bow and arrow😂😂😂😂

[vapegodgaming]

Granddad was a captian in the army during the war and when he got them, he did his best to not send them into combat after two of them blew then selfs up with hand grenades

[Simplehistory]

'Project 100, 000' One of the cruellest most controversial experiments of the Vietnam War in the 1960s..