Project 100,000
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project-100-000-184-11776557
title:
Project 100,000
text:
Project 100,000, also known as McNamara's 100,000, McNamara's Folly, McNamara's Morons, and McNamara's Misfits, was a controversial 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to recruit soldiers who would previously have been below military mental or medical standards. Project 100,000 was initiated by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara in October 1966 to meet the escalating workforce requirements of the U.S. government's involvement in the Vietnam War. According to Hamilton Gr
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1960s U.S. military program to recruit the disabled
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_100,000
date created:
2009-11-22T19:18:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:28:18Z
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