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

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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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[@Simplehistory]

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[@alexandermunguia5873]

Nice video

[@Genuinespaceman]

3rd I guess

[@nuclearstupidity6594]

Enlisted? more like conscripted

[@christianvincentcostanilla8428]

So this is Red Vs Blue TV show Machinima

[@christianvincentcostanilla8428]

So this is Red Vs Blue TV show Machinima

[@butters1273]

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

[@chriscoralAloha]

Just ok?

[@VanquishMediaDE]

Yes indeed, Ft Carson is infested with them and some of them made rank and are in charge of units now.

[@butters1273]

@@VanquishMediaDE yup, I know that frustration friend.

[@VanquishMediaDE]

@@butters1273 I was stationed there for 2 years and 1 year in Germany and I can tell you fort Carson is a total dump Colorado is a beautiful assignment I love Colorado springs but that base is a toxic mess

[@gc6096]

Sometimes as Generals

[@noahnewcomer5180]

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

[@fawzigramajo]

Fr

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

Yeah, but even Forrest was still smarter then these guys

[@gphjr1444]

Also Bubba.

[@Chris14141]

Forrest was a college educated man and played football for the University of Alabama

[@Dezzyyy]

​@@thelordofthelostbraincells eh not really. he scored like what a 60 on the IQ test? That made him legally retarded.. and almost all people who scored under 80... making them fall under the same classification.

[@pheonix0566]

Giving a new meaning to "special forces"

[@fallaciousfirm2524]

And for them it's "special military operations"

[@tristanLister1]

Bro 💀☠️

[@ryanrichardson76]

Hahahahaaa

[@Genuinespaceman]

Well they are there for a reason

[@Awfulfeature]

“I have a special forces soldier… he needs to wear a helmet.”

[@xdelite8082]

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.

[@natersumkatanuar7631]

Try fragging, might solve the problem.

[@skyking6989]

Jesus that's terrifying

[@sagisdoodleverse9696]

Bruh and I thought I was dumb

[@ricardotorrence6459]

I hope You started using percentages to deal with him "tank is a 25 percent" "tank is a 12 percent"

[@kimutaiboit8516]

​@Doctor Whowhotheowl you are right. I told a guy I hit a speed of 100 kilometers per hour driving to work and he was like, "But you your place is less than 20 km away. Duh!

[@Christianwhyallhandlestaken]

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

[@Wolf_3125]

They didn't care

[@Christianwhyallhandlestaken]

@@Wolf_3125 Yeah they do, it's almost like they are human beings as well.

[@tomhenry897]

Told to pass them

[@sneakysasquatch6014]

I’d be like good lord why McNamara

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

@@Wolf_3125 the drill Sargent cares, but they have a job. That job requires them to get them in the best shape they can get. It's not their fault the standards were dropped for a conflict based on a theory that based more on containing the spread rather then destroy its supporters like the USSR and China.

[@Griggs133]

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.

[@andresherrera2902]

That’s horrible, the one group of people that shouldn’t be in war

[@justalpha9138]

@@andresherrera2902 Eh I dunno, I'm high functioning myself and am considering joining the Air Force. It just depends on what branch you join and what job you'd want to do. I could never become a Marine or a Navy Seal though because while I do believe I would pass those trials, I would not survive in the thick of combat whatsoever.

[@sneakysasquatch6014]

@@andresherrera2902 I’d probably go insane due to the autism and mental disabilities I have on top of that

[@slappy-chicken]

College was a de facto way to exempt middle and upper classes from the draft. Most working class folk couldn't afford college. Toward the end of the war the government stopped exemptions for college. It's very suspicious when exemptions stopped the US withdrew from the Vietnam War. Seems those benefitting from US war efforts decided they weren't willing to have their love ones drafted. It might have not been entirely the case. But as they say in military, perception is reality.

[@DogFoxHybrid]

Weaponized autism

[@STDRACO777]

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

[@generic_tough_guy.4830]

Hehehe

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

Yeah I don't wanna be that guy but the tragedy of this is kinda undermined by how they're portrayed in the video. Slapstick stuff

[@STDRACO777]

@@ManiacMayhem7256 the video was tone deaf, but, still good.

[@bryonslatten3147]

@@STDRACO777 tone deaf.

[@STDRACO777]

@@bryonslatten3147 Thanks for correcting me

[@henryvl6388]

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

[@queenneurotica4591]

Lol! 😂😂😂

[@queenneurotica4591]

And that goofy laughter 😆

[@Tuholainen86]

Iwas thinking that too! :'D

[@OShackHennessy]

So true 😂

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

it was mcnamara's maroons back the, now it's biden's bozos with more gender dysphoria

[@danielboone8435]

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.

[@waylandjennings4073]

Thank God.

[@sciencenate]

Carter was probably the best prez to have to ask

[@danielboone8435]

@@sciencenate she wrote to a ton of people. it took years, according to my grandmother, but Carter was the first to respond, and he handled it. Because he's Jimmy Carter.

[@rybackcasey4270]

@@sciencenate I don't really know how Jimmy Carter did in internal policy, but i respect him as a president who gave back the Holy crown to its rightful owner Hungary in 1978. Our sacred ancient relic had quite an adventurous history, if someone interested a little info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Crown_of_Hungary#The_regalia_in_modern_times Long story short, In the last weeks of WWII the crown guards brought outside of Hungary borders in order to avoid falling in soviet hands, because it was well known that communists wasn't particularly respected the historical artifacts... It was recovered by U.S Army in 1945 May 4 , who took it to United States and safekeeped it in Fort Knox for 33 years.

[@jjm152]

@@rybackcasey4270 Jimmy Carter, is by all accounts, an extremely ethical man and a devout Christian who believes in good works. However, as a President, he was honestly pretty damn awful.... although we seem to be running a contest recently to see if we can do worse.

[@vapegodgaming9465]

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

[@pepperbreath35]

NGL that sounds more of a liability to your own army, even before touching to the battlefield

[@galatheumbreon6862]

I feel evil to laugh but good god

[@chrisyork7534]

@@pepperbreath35 cause it was lol. They literally fragged themselves before they could frag the enemy lol

[@reinhartnata47]

I knew something like this would happen. And imagine the danger they brought to their own squad instead of only themselves

[@Onnarashi]

It's honestly sick to give people like that guns and explosives.

[@KillerQueenforblood]

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

[@ghostcreeper243]

Social media be like:

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

@@ghostcreeper243 true true

[@l0remipsum991]

like the nazis

[@bot-xe1dk]

Don't call them stupid

[@mpampislarsons]

@@l0remipsum991 like your aunt

[@meatisburger2]

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.

[@djzrobzombie2813]

Did you like Germany? Most Americans from overseas love it ... I always wonder why

[@djzrobzombie2813]

?

[@echohunter4199]

As a retired 11H/B I would’ve had fun with that ignorance and told him to be sure to steer clear of them and have the rest of the team agree with me and have them give him tips and their experiences with the windmills, lol.

[@forwardobserver2048]

I had several of these troops in my platoon in the 1st Cavalry. They were functional and capable. I’d rather have them on my six than some of the supposedly normal dilettantes!

[@kiddreckless9964]

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!

[@jamesk370]

Your grandfather was a good and honorable man.

[@jhemmingway806]

I thank your grandfather for his service

[@kiddreckless9964]

Thank y'all!

[@jermu9607]

Even here on Finland where our army is 100% based on reserve forces we dont put low iq ppl on front lines If need be, not even on any real combat roles. They will get work on supply and manual labour units If need be. And i can asure you that we would use every single man and woman that is able to defend our land If its necessary.

[@Homemadecable]

@@jermu9607 arent y’all now begging NATO to let you in to protect you from Russia?

[@joshuas1960]

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

[@marcussherrod5147]

I've heard it referred to as the "Moron Corps" too. It's insane to think that this was allowed to happen

[@albertgrant1017]

Well stated,A book was written about this in the Vietnam War, !

[@dannygherzgiher8430]

They were still a minority of the army. Not all of them went to combat in Vietnam

[@richardtrudeau7363]

I'm shocked as I write this.I was close to going my lotto number was 102 and they usually got up to 130.Cease fire in Jan 73 I graduated June 73.

[@jerichaux9219]

@@marcussherrod5147 whoever coined that was, themselves, an idiot. It clearly should have been “The Morine Corps”.

[@mcwildstyle9106]

This really gives meaning to "fact is stranger than fiction"

[@TristenTheArgonian]

Bro, I love the classic Ghost Recon Pfp lol

[@mcwildstyle9106]

@@TristenTheArgonian Thanks bro lol

[@pujirahman8116]

Like Rambo movie 🤣

[@RyanKlein15]

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

[@eliotness4029]

watching fake forest gump

[@JayZee-lo8qy]

No doubt there were plenty of men just like Gump in nearly every war fought by man. To be so dismissive of people like that in an actual combat situation would be your assured downfall. Fake or not Gump represents plenty that fought in Vietnam. Infantryman in general are rarely geniuses.. I should know as I was one, and I’m not a rocket surgeon. In wartime the military NEEDS men, they drop the standards and recruit who is willing. Can’t be picky when you have a war going on.

[@r5t6y7u8]

My Dad was drafted at the tail end of WW2. He went though basic with guys who couldn't even read. The Sgt would read a paper to the recruit and ask if he understood. The guy would sign his name with an X and the Sgt would cosign as a witness. I've seen old military docs that say at the bottom "Sign or make your mark here."

[@bouchacourtthierry8506]

You Can be intelligent and not able to read ...

[@youraveragepasser-by7367]

@@bouchacourtthierry8506 pretty hard to be a good soldier if you can't understand written instructions

[@rithvikmuthyalapati9754]

@@youraveragepasser-by7367 not really gonna have a lot of reading as a private but what do I know

[@Pidalin]

Isn't it slightly exaggerated? It's hard to believe that some people in western society could not read in 40s. In WWI maybe, but things changed a lot in only 20 years.

[@KasumiRINA]

That's a separate problem entirely, literacy wasn't universal until recently.

[@astropunch101]

“We weren’t expecting Special Forces.”

[@paleoph6168]

"That's the point, sergeant."

[@2fast-4u]

💀

[@TheDarkfrostElf]

Well if you guys could handle small bears with sticks we wouldn’t be here

[@erichyrixh7136]

Please stop 😭😭😭😭😂

[@reinhartnata47]

"this isn't the kind of "special" force that we expected"

[@eberronbruce1328]

This program got more soldiers killed than helped. A good combat soldier is a special kind of person that has to quick in mind and feet and has a strong intellect with situational awareness. A good soldier is a very capable individual and anyone that is subpar is a danger to himself and everyone around him.

[@maximilianj.gatsby5330]

But sometimes you dont a good soldier. Sometimes you need canon fodder to gain time or distract

[@UndeadSlayer5]

That’s why they should just put the ones with low iqs in their own groups problem solved

[@nmussa6902]

Sometimes you just need somebody to carry stuff and shoot in the direction you tell him to shoot

[@selfdo]

This is the OTHER side of the coin. While I can see keeping the lesser-grade soldiers as "REMF" (Rear Enchelon Mother F***ers), driving trucks, working military construction, grave detail, and so on, they weren't likely to make proficient combat soldiers. Sometimes all they could do was catch a bullet meant for a better soldier, or be used as a "stalking horse" to draw out the enemy. Sad.

[@zamn2315]

Its almost like the U.S government doesn't care

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

I had an Uncle that was forced into the Army under this initiative. He was bounced around the foster system and in and out of jails before suddenly being told he was going to basic. He had spent his life being an absolute trouble maker until he got kicked out of everywhere he went....and he did the same thing in basic and they sent him right back to the streets to spend his life bouncing between family members, shelters, jails and the streets. When he got sick enough that the state started looking for someone to pay the medical bills they discovered he was entitled to all kinds of VA benefits. He got housing, medical treatment, someone to coordinate work he could do and got to experience being sober and have a routine of his own. He was in his 50s when he first experienced the simple concept of closing a door to a place just for him, locking it and being free to use his own kitchen, sleep in not only a bed, but his bed........Unfortunately he only got to spend a little over a year experiencing life with the freedom to let his mind dream beyond the next meal and the next place to go when his welcome ends. The state government and the Army left my uncle one year to live before his liver failed and then they gave him a place in the VA cemetery and a wonderful burial. He spent his life swearing that he wanted to go to Vietnam for the country if that's what was needed, he just wanted the respect of being told what was happening. It's been a few years since he passed. The mention of the initiative brings back the reality of each one of these numbers is also a person, a family, a nation and a world deprived of the life they could have had if things were different. Many in my family , including myself, still served in our military voluntarily, As screwed up as our government and our flaws are.....we are damned lucky to be where we are amd we owe it to the planet to continue the tradition of using our military not just to destroy and conquer, but to provide aid and opportunity.

[@PrestonGarvey69]

The u.s military hasn't been really used for war too much other than the middle east. Usually branches getting together assisting the national guard on natural disasters is what they do.

[@Foreskin-Forest]

My uncle mike was almost part of this initiative. He got lucky in that he volunteered before he could be drafted, and he chose to join the navy.

[@kingkonvikzion11]

@@PrestonGarvey69 I can tell you are a kid

[@l-nolazck-rn24]

A brave family I see

[@danielboone8435]

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.

[@jeffreywoods4040]

Not advocating for Project 100,000, but there were some happy stories from it. My stepdad helped a couple of guys learn to read during his time in the Navy. They had grown up in extremely poor, segregated areas of the South and never got the support they needed to catch up.

[@dant.3505]

There were some happy stories indeed. This one soldier with special needs came back from the war and became a shrimp boat captain. After a rough start he finally started a world famous shrimp brand the Bubba Gump shrimp co.

[@gabriell6724]

@@dant.3505 How's apple doing Lt Dan

[@silasmayes7954]

@Ban this youtube the military is a fantastic option especially for poorer people due to the opportunities it can provide. It shouldn't be the only option for economic mobility.

[@luftwaffles274]

@@silasmayes7954 well it's the responsibility of the government to provide for their citizens so they aren't left with the choice of either entering military service or being left out to die because they didn't get the help they needed.

[@dant.3505]

@@luftwaffles274 the military is the government provided option for folks who otherwise wouldn't be able to have a gainful career. That thing you were talking about, the government's responsibility to provide for those who need it. The army is that thing.

[@ahoneyman]

My grandfather worked with a guy like that in the motor pool in Vietnam. The story they got was his CO in Basic pulled some strings to get him into the motor pool. He mainly swept the shop and washed the equipment which he really seemed to like. My grandfather even got a few letters from him in the 70's, probably typed by someone else, telling him how he was doing and how he sometimes missed working with everybody. It's the only person from Vietnam he ever talked about.

[@MarcoSimple1Videos]

if possible that people like this, the enemies did nothing to this people, since they do no harm to anyone ?

[@Davidpostingshid]

@@MarcoSimple1Videosnot likely. The Vietnamese army’s were ruthless

[@Heart2HeartBooks]

Did he go on to invest in a Shrimp boat?

[@ahoneyman]

@@Heart2HeartBooks Dunno, maybe he became a saucier in New Orleans.

[@eliotness4029]

@@MarcoSimple1Videos if he has a weapon in hands so they will kill him probably, before they will recognize he is moron. but because he is moron so he can not keep in hands weapon. if his arms free so nobody will kill him.

[@aurorasgaminglegacy6821]

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.

[@SILOPshuvambanerjee]

Your grandfather had a wild life (No offence)

[@CMOVIEACTOR]

​@@SILOPshuvambanerjeeyou actually believe this nonsense?

[@jamesnevitt3400]

@@CMOVIEACTOR Rambo holding two m60s never running out of ammo.

[@tedhubertcrusio372]

No one's talking bout the implications for putting these poor people into combat. People with low IQ tend to be more susceptible to PTSD, as well as depression and could develop schizophrenia and other psychological problems. As a SpEd teacher I strongly condemn this practice, and advocate for non-impressment of people with special needs into the military. They deserve help and understanding, not a helmet and rifle.

[@TankEngine75]

I heard that this practice still exists, it shouldnt Edit: I was mistaken, I thought many special needs people are still in the military, they're not, just some dumb people still in the military

[@havco501st7]

Right that's what I'm saying they're like kids trapped in the body of adults it's messed up the same special needs to die like that

[@moappleseider1699]

LOL Almost every kid is special needs thanks to the cesspool that is the public school system.

[@tedhubertcrusio372]

@@TankEngine75 this is a very depressing and oftentimes oppressive fact of life. We Filipinos take great care of our 'little brothers and sisters' because we have a moral duty for people with special needs.

[@sunnycat69]

Dam Explains a lot about all the PTSD with the GWOT lol

[@lucianoosorio5942]

“War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.” Niko Bellic

[@greatwolf5372]

"The old were young once and the young will be old some day." Bello Nikic

[@TristenTheArgonian]

It really is a great quote

[@madmonty4761]

​@@TristenTheArgonian its satirized

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Yes this comment again

[@मालिक-य2य]

Damn the video game character have more common sense than goverment

[@skullkrusher4078]

The animations and sound FX make the situation seem far more comedic than it actually was.

[@DerpyMelon8TDG]

dude wtf simple history i can’t believe my eyes rn

[@jascrandom9855]

It actually makes it even sadder.

[@TristenTheArgonian]

Yeah, I don't wanna sound like an SJW but the way people with special needs were depicted kind of undermines the message.

[@TheHound00]

I mean it’s pretty realistic if you’ve spent over an hour around these guys

[@TastyShepherdsPie]

The animations are hilarious

[@ML-dz5ix]

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.

[@mikedavis4851]

Duh I wonder why.Maybe the daughters were the results of Agent Orange.😢😮

[@Simplehistory]

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

[@anthonyrufino9271]

Imagine if a us army squad with low IQ fought against a Vietnamese army squad that were also low IQ 😂😂😂

[@bond007spectre7]

This would make a good Movie but the libtards in Hollywood would be to offended and cowardly to make the movie

[@JK-gu3tl]

It's a win win from govt perspective.

[@christianvincentcostanilla8428]

So this is Red vs blue TV show Machinima

[@christianvincentcostanilla8428]

So this is Red Vs Blue TV show Machinima

[@radjadawamindra697]

So basically Forrest Gump.

[@duongngoc6715]

i think Private Pyle is better example , Gump knows how to take cover and use gun safety lock

[@StuPedassol]

@@SneakyVito well, he's a God damned genius

[@pacifichistorian]

More like private Pyle. Forrest Gump was actually a fairly bright and intelligent soldier compared to Pyle who was a slow learner.

[@Welsh7133]

@@pacifichistorian Pyle was a good marksman though

[@Ozzianman]

@@duongngoc6715 ehh, I believe Pyle otherwise was perfectly independent as a person. He was just never cut out to be a Soldier and that is putting it mildly.

[@TheProdiga1One]

I, for one, think that the mockery of these soldiers is harsh and heartless. The many comments here, calling them morons and even the animation. These are young men who were used, abuse, failed and abandoned by their supposed betters. At the end of the day, no matter their IQ, these were still soldiers who fought for their country and many sacrificed a lot in the process. This is something I can respect, and I thank them for their service.

[@Josh-kx1vv]

Well said

[@valseyer4486]

Written like a BOSS!

[@jimmynuetronrblx8628]

Your right. They still served.

[@richardcostello360]

They didn't volunteer....they got forced by literally gunpoint to be shipped half way across the world when most had never left their county of birth..... The fact that the American government saw fit to send frightened people who had mental health issues/developmental disabilities to a batpoop insane conflict then totally ignored them when they came home speaks volumes about the fucked up core values that the American people collectively share

[@drkinferno72]

Cry about it 😂

[@theportaloftime6177]

I was an Army recruiter from 2001-2005; during my time, it was called CAT 4 slots that would open up when needed. We had files on guys that wanted to join but couldn't pass the ASVAB with a high enough score, so whenever a CAT 4 slot would open, we would start calling them. I couldnt believe some of the low scores I saw. You could score higher just guessing C for every answer.

[@Gr3en]

God bless these men. They may have had low IQs but they had big hearts. They were lied too and it's disgusting and upsetting. Thank you for your service and all men and women in any of our armed services. We appreciate 🙏 your sacrifices and its never forgotten.

[@freeman10000]

Well said

[@somerandomguy6977]

I agree, but also we should hold corrupt officials accountable. No more corrupt wars

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Like Autism

[@DeadMeat991]

Empty sacrifices and wasted ''valor'' for a proxy war.

[@mortache]

@@somerandomguy6977 it will keep happening as long as there are people have power. Both Iraqi wars were fueled with lies from WMDs to false testimonies by Nayirah. The last one killed a MILLION people based on literal lies

[@cgarcia4487]

“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.” Thucydides

[@echuck66]

In the nine years I served, I met a LOT of people with arguably low IQs… and they were all volunteers.

[@angenehmerweiblicherfussge7000]

is IQ really genetic?

[@djzrobzombie2813]

​@@angenehmerweiblicherfussge7000I think it's inherited

[@SmokeFactory]

@@angenehmerweiblicherfussge7000no, iq is a number evaluated from tests, iq is not intelligence…

[@angenehmerweiblicherfussge7000]

@@SmokeFactory so is intelligence genetic?

[@Longshot88]

6:55 I never expected to see an animated parody of that one 300+lb dude bump firing a handgun, yet here we are lol

[@gdienforcer7870]

The meme

[@epicmansteingaming452]

*”Scraping the barrel”* 25% recruitable population

[@alfredpaquin3563]

These people were just plain dangerous in the field. A friend of mine and I were talking one day, and he said "In the first week the shitheads extra thick get it, in the second week the regular shitheads get it, after that it's luck or no luck." I'll always remember that.

[@Ppelesalie]

My uncle was one of the low IQ soldier who fought in Vietnam war. He earned a medal for saving his squad leader, whom he carried on his back away from an airstrike. Unfortunately he lost his best friend and in his honor, he and his squad leader, a lieutenant, started a Shrimping boat company, he found success and married his childhood friend Jenny whom he lives with today. Every year, he runs a marathon for peace across the States. He is a very positive man, he always says, life is a Chocolate box.

[@thehonorablereverendaddiso1943]

You just copied the plot to Forrest Gump!

[@helton3425]

They had us in the first half ngl.

[@CitrikkAcid]

Wow! What an inspirational story! We should make that into a film! Wait a minute...

[@fpsgames8188]

Except Jenny had a history of abusive relationships and a couple trains run on her when she was a wild child in her youth and gave your uncle the AIDS and a baby by another man. Yeah, that could definitely be made into a movie. Maybe even into a romance film. Call it "Forrest Simp".

[@AirKangLocker]

I knew it by the 2nd sentence lmao

[@Npp5123]

I could tell the animators had a lot of fun with this one

[@cpi3267]

i'm eager to say, TOO much fun

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

There's alot of butthurt ppl in the comments 🤣🤣 not this one BTW

[@SlumberBear2k]

it was actually extremely disrespectful. i'm surprised it hasn't been flagged.

[@lowlandraised7266]

Yeah there is nothing like insulting people who died for their country to have a great time! What idiots.

[@bigboysdotcom745]

@@SlumberBear2k seethe harder, pearl clutcher

[@xELITExKILLAx]

The fact We treated our veterans so poorly, especially when they already were treated poorly before is just downright disgusting and breaks my heart

[@LEU_WM_266]

I wasn’t alive for this time in history, but I just can’t believe our government. Sending 100,000 low IQ men to their deaths? What’s really sad is that they weren’t even treated as heroes. It’s very sad to see the way people treated these guys when they got back home. If you have a IQ of less than 75, you probably wouldn’t know any better.

[@anareel4562]

Still treating them poorly, there's a vote in Congress that's going to cut funding to over 20% of disabled vets...

[@madafaka216]

invaders get what they deserve

[@JD1976]

We try to place blame on the troops. The blame is ours.....hows jane fonda doing? Or should i call her hanoi jane

[@mr.F.Castle]

I agree no wonder some of them went Rambo or rather I wish they did.

[@NANA-qd8wz]

Honestly project 100,000 should receive far more attention. A cautionary tale of what can happen.

[@elinope4745]

Probably better than putting them into political leadership positions like we do now.

[@xra1750]

Bruh that comment made my day

[@josephwilliams7995]

Damn

[@sciathoir]

Would it hurt less if it wasn’t true? 😢

[@r2gelfand]

LOL...

[@wildman510]

All too true

[@robertfolkner9253]

I knew a man who was a Marine D.I. when this “Project” kicked-in. He told me that he and the other D.I.s did everything they could to get these guys discharged and sent home but it was all to no avail. He felt sick over it.

[@seniorbob2180]

"At the heart of every great disaster, there is a Harvard man" -Thomas Sowell (PhD Economics, author of many books, and Harvard graduate).

[@alkh3myst]

It's the same now as it was then. High ASVAB score: air traffic controller, interpreter, combat engineer, nuclear reactor operator, intelligence, electronics. Low ASVAB score: cannon fodder. It's called Survival of the Smartest.

[@jamesfrazier3795]

Glad this story is told, but it feels somewhat disrespectful to depict the soldiers as literally drooling and disgusting. The narration express rightful sympathy for these men while the animation reduces them to objects of mockery.

[@madgavin7568]

If you spent even an hour around these types of people you'd know this isn't entirely inaccurate 😂 Back in those days there was a term used to describe these types of people; mentally retarded. Because they were slow.

[@jeffmariahreacts7998]

Everything is a issue 🤣🤣🤣

[@4piecespicy589]

I think it's to bring weight to the fact that they literally enlisted people who are certified retarded,not like they can say that without offending someone.

[@eliotness4029]

some of them were not very smart and some of them were real morons. that is story

[@Mellowcanuck33]

"We need another Vietnam to thin out their ranks a little." - Bart Simpson 1995

[@PanzerfaustHandlerHanz]

Me: **in the spectators area in doomspire brickbattle with my buddy cole** Random guy in the spectators area with us: **starts blasted me with slingshot balls** Me and cole: **starts attacking the Random guy with the slingshot weapon aswell** Me 3 secs into the fight: this is a Bart Simpson war

[@magmapixel8627]

Old Simpsons episodes are wild

[@wazzup233]

Or another world war. And imagine if the woke and dumb Americans would go to war. 😅

[@robertopettyo]

I was a lousy student in high school. I dropped out. As a teen I got in some trouble with the police more than once. Some people thought I was stupid, others thought I was a little crazy. Okay more than a little. I would have been perfect cannon fodder in that war. I was even '' invited'' to join. I wasn't that crazy or that stupid. Now I am an old man that enjoyed the gift of life.

[@kevintaylor791]

Something that is amazing to me is how this program is completely vital to the plot of some Vietnam war movies, but also completely ignored in all of them. Off the top of my head the characters of: Forrest Gump, Benjamin "Bubba" Blue and Leonard "Private Pyle" Lawrence come to mind. None of those characters make ANY sense historically without Project 100K, but it goes completely unacknowledged in both movies. Not defending the program, just an observation.

[@richardirvin6155]

everyone was subject to the draft. the only ones that got out of it were the rich kids and the politicians sons. and, even at that, the rich kids had to stay in college.

[@ferretyluv]

Bubba wasn’t stupid

[@insertnamehere5809]

Bubba was a savant, he knew everything about the shrimp business 🦐 ⛵

[@aussiewanderer6304]

Forrest Gump was his story told from his perspective. Gump probably never read about anything political and was too busy living in the moment to care.

[@roddydykes7053]

Same, why weren’t they mentioned? I kept thinking, “doesn’t a solider need an IQ of 83 or higher to enter the military?” This would’ve answered my question.

[@MasonTC]

The animators definitely had tons of fun animating this, 6:55 is my favorite, I didn't expect that reference!

[@crimson_axi5892]

IKR I COULDNT STOP WATCHING IT, defo my fav part of the vid lmao

[@darianthescorpion1132]

Although I understand the need to recruit as many men as possible, I cannot stress enough that “McNamara’s Morons” was disgusting and in poor taste. Sending the mentally disabled to certain death is just evil.

[@strongbutthead]

I wish I was sent to death, they don’t care about us anyways

[@KasumiRINA]

See also: the entire russian army.

[@darianthescorpion1132]

@@KasumiRINA The Red Army’s doctrine was they can’t kill ALL of us, can they? They gotta run out of bullets eventually.

[@Cbd_7ohm]

@@KasumiRINA lol

[@1035Ghuraba]

@@KasumiRINA why do you guys make everything into russia or ukriane? You people have little to worry about do you

[@aaronbrinkman2962]

They are still human. They did things most people didn't have the balls to do. They deserve at least an ounce of respect. Not all of us can be born with a full deck. I am empathetic towards these men. They deserve better.

[@cocacola4blood365]

Let us take a moment to honor those who served and sacrificed in this ridiculous conflict, and who were treated just as ridiculously unfairly when they returned. Those who did return.

[@sketchygetchey8299]

Seriously, anyone who comes up with this program deserves to be in the front line themselves.

[@johnryder1713]

So basically because you were poor, not fit or not smart you can serve a better purpose to get yourself killed, crippled or left with a nightmare that won't go away if your asleep or awake, but your life will be bettered? Funny point of view, and well done to yourself for highlighting this

[@atlanticrf]

More people that go in the military are not killed.

[@louissteyn6871]

The messed up part not mentioned here and was in my opinion that these soldiers weren't just a danger to themselves but other soldiers as well

[@Krisz98]

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.

[@ueihgnurt]

bruh they literally fought for war criminal not freedom and society. No freedom and society bring chemicals weapon to other country. America even want VN back to rock age using B52. what freedom do we get? fighting for "freedom and society" is like finding "mass destructive weapon" in Iraq. Did America find it yet?

[@mikedavis4851]

WHY 😮

[@cardinalbob1]

I highly recommend Platoon to most everyone. I was too young for Nam by a couple years, but many of my colleagues and friends were there.

[@Mistachill]

It should also be noted that (though not unusual) the folks who benefitted the most from opportuntities available in our society were often the least likely sacrifice and serve. The priviledged folks found ways to get out of serving and dodging the draft while leaving the poor and undereducated to risk their lives.

[@cannonball666]

The Army taught you to adapt and overcome when you ran out of ammo by showing you you can use your rifle as a bow.

[@josephwilliams7995]

Improvise adapt and overcome😆

[@ElohimJim]

Wanna keep your good fighters alive, stand 20 tards in front of them to soak up bullets.

[@royboy409]

When watching this, im unable to stop thinking about the Norwegian funny soldier, Læffy. 😂

[@JasonMartin915]

McNamara was an absolute total monster

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Robert Strange McNamara June 9, 1916 - July 6, 2009

[@brucetherobert2221]

The animations are needlessly cruel, but I think the overall message is good.

[@jokuvaan5175]

Yea. Needlesly heavy stereotyping and stupid childish portrayl of them

[@Deridus]

Art imitates reality.

[@tatarchan5212]

It's funny tho, you need to know these people are stupid bozo that has been exploited by evil emperor errr I mean president.

[@zamn2315]

@@Deridus only a true American would call a south park animation style "art"

[@8menincostume]

@@zamn2315 part of being an artist is knowing that your style can put food on the table. If it's popular, then that style can become your brand. Plus the animation style is economical for it's simplicity. Whether that style appeals to an individual would depend on the their taste. Art styles change, so you would only have to wait some time for people to bored of it, other artists to create something different, or to look for other existing styles now. I'm ok for what simple history has as some of the animation has been improving while keeping the overall style recognizable.

[@saulnavarro4730]

Thank you Simple History, for depicting people exploited by their country as cannon fodder in war who saw much higher deaths and rates of PTSD as such a whimsical and light-hearted topic

[@SlumberBear2k]

why are you thanking him? did you watch how offensive this video was?

[@space302]

From what I heard, these "new standards men" were putting their own comrades in danger, because of their inability to correctly throw a grenade, or to differenciate friend vs. foe. So after friendly fire incidents, some soldiers decided it was best to eliminate the problem one way or another. It would have been easy to make it look like an accident or blame the enemy.

[@theblackantonio]

That's just sad to read - but very plausible.

[@chickendinner5572]

It's this guy or the whole platoon.

[@geckotoe]

I wish this was more widespread knowledge. Jocko has a really good episode on this topic that dives into it further. Absolutely horrific.

[@underworldguardian704]

D.I: “Gump, what is your purpose in this army “? G: “To do whatever you tell me to Drill Sargent”!

[@gregoryaparker]

My father served 4 tours in Vietnam starting in 1969 (he was with the 82nd Airborne Division). in 2019, 50 years after my father arrived I took my teenage son and we flew to Saigon for 13 days. We tried to enter the old airbase at Biên Hòa, but were turned away by soldiers a mile or so from the gate. It's my understanding that they were still doing Agent Orange cleanup. In any case it was a great vacation and the people were very nice. My only regret is that my father didn't enjoy Vietnam as much as we did, but he still remembers his time there.

[@twistedyogert]

Given that those with less intelligence are more likely to experience PTSD I'd imagine that those who survived possibly came back more screwed up then they were when they shipped out. This was essentially sending children into a war zone, an act that is considered a crime in most of the world.

[@warrioroflight6872]

It actually stated that in this video. Honestly, I think the ones that died were the lucky ones.

[@Remake5182]

There not kids.

[@eliotness4029]

@@Remake5182 they are not kids. they have even less brain than kids.

[@southernbrain691]

​@@Remake5182reading comprehension

[@twistedyogert]

​@shibalegend3982 And what about ones who were legitimately insane. Imagine drafting someone who might possibly become a serial killer.

[@agiftarifkyardana1838]

Leonidas : not all man can be soldier

[@ghostcreeper243]

U.S Marine: we weren’t expecting special forces

[@IceAxe1940]

Ironic a Marine would say that....

[@paleoph6168]

Bruh wdym? Those were just fellow Marines joining in the fight.

[@aquatic4760]

Don’t get why they’re called special forces, they seemed like regular marines to me

[@ghostcreeper243]

@@aquatic4760 *Special Ed*

[@Unaakite21]

stolen comment

[@ryanrichardson76]

The m60 gunner from Full Metal Jacket instantly springs mind.

[@noahnewcomer5180]

More like pvt. Pyle!

[@ryanrichardson76]

@@noahnewcomer5180 I feel like pvt. Pyle for not thinking of the absolute obvious.

[@Welsh7133]

Animal mother?

[@Gorfan_Lee]

That guy was just a psychopath.

[@vector6977]

Animal mother?

[@BobLuvsBoobies]

The Narrator: These men endured torture and violent warfare. The background: 😂😅😮😆😁😄😃😀

[@FINNIUSORION]

For perspective the average iq for a 13 year old American male is around 95. These were people who would have a difficult time stocking shelves or digging ditches. They were in no position to be making difficult life or death decisions in the chaos of battle.

[@theculturedthug6609]

The vast majority of them were Black's from the southern states.

[@zombieoutbreakprod]

Apparently people under 80 IQ cant even understand hypothetical situations. These guys didnt stand a chance.

[@Bergerons_Review]

These guys were below 85, that was the cut-off limit usually.

[@detroitandclevelandfan5503]

My uncle Larry did four tours in Nam. When he went back his fourth time, no one knew why. He said he was done, and didn't want to go back. After he passed, we found letters in his attic. The letters were written by a childhood friend, who just got drafted, and was going to Vietnam. The guy was mentally challenged, to an extent. Like Forrest Gump. My uncle Larry pulled a few strings, and took his friends place. He knew if he didn't, his friend would have gotten killed. So we understood why he went back a fourth time.

[@eurosonly]

Your uncle was an absolute hero dude.

[@detroitandclevelandfan5503]

@@eurosonly Thank you. I am proud of him and my other uncle who served in Nam. It was an honor to grow up with heros. I miss them so much. There literally isn't a day, I don't think about them.

[@cg5157]

Isn't the record for most tours served 5?

[@detroitandclevelandfan5503]

@@cg5157 No, I do not know.

[@cg5157]

@@detroitandclevelandfan5503 I'm sorry but as far as I can see Robert Lewis Howard has the record of most tours served at 5... I mean no disrespect as I don't know much about the era but maybe your uncle was involved in some crazy spec op stuff thats off the record?

[@Guardianofdreamcastle-ne5uv]

As an autistic person, I'm really happy we are not required to fight for our country. Plus, I'm English and the draft is not a thing over here. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

God Save The King

[@xpld5017]

Damn. Never knew this. I'm reminded of pvt pyle from full metal jacket.

[@Sumschmuck]

What about gomer Pyle?

[@HalcyonHarvest]

Whole new meaning to “simple history”

[@AtalixZero]

1. Hypocritical to say "McNamara's Morons" is insulting and then make graphics that depict them as drooling, farting slobs. There's a considerable range of intellect between

[@KX36]

I had a classmate who spelled war with an o. Straight out of school he joined the Household Cavalry. Total respect to him.

[@Deridus]

Considering how the English reject their own language, I'm not surprised.

[@midladder]

"wor"

[@dondeka2086]

WOR

[@tappajaav]

Wor. Wor never chonges.

[@wrs6565]

Wor, what is it good far.

[@robertrobert7924]

I witnessed these type of trainees @Ft. Bragg, NC in 1968. I was stunned that the Army Doctors allowed these poor children to be drafted. Usually, they were given jobs as grave diggers.

[@rbs14k]

That might be the greatest thumbnail picture in history.

[@diggerrob6356]

I’m an Aussie and served in Vietnam in 1969, and take it as an affront to me and my mates that McNamara once said he didn’t realise that Australian troops served in that war. All 50, 000 of us! Who is the moron?

[@HENSLEYMB]

These soldiers that had severe problems could be used in the mess hall or supply room. Also as the ones who do the crap details and frees up the crack troops to fighting instead of camp/garrison duties. .I was a field artillery soldier in Germany in the late 70s. Instead of intense training, we spent more time cleaning the clean, picking up trash, painting the barracks and doing maintenance on the clunker vehicles while the mechanics walked around the motor pool with a clip board in one had and cup of coffee in the other. More than once people in my howitzer section would cancel a training class to go perform garrison duties. These “morons” could be called “duty soldiers” and take up the garrison duties to free up the crack troops to keep their fighting skills. More than once, I would be in the field in Graf and many soldiers would not recall their training because most of their time was spent doing garrison duties and busy work.

[@me.ne.frego.]

The commander who puts some of this "special" soldiers in search and destroy-type missions must really hate his men.

[@djzrobzombie2813]

Did you liked Germany at all ?

[@lolbitbot4791]

my grandfather is not a dumb man by any means but he didn't learn to write till he was in 8th grade because he had a massive family in a rural area, not all of them could go to school. he's a great mechanic and can easily set up any light bulbs, plumbing, sprinkler system, solar panels, ect. he learned to write and read but he can't do it very well due to him losing his dominant hand in Vietnam as well as the aforementioned ordeal.

[@neofulcrum5013]

Can you guys cover guerrilla tactics in a future video?

[@dosidicusgigas1376]

I would love to see this, specifically NLF tactics in the vietnam war

[@wyattpeterson6286]

So would I!

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Oh, I misread that as "gorilla" instead of "guerilla" 🦍 🪖

[@SoakintheSchadenfreude]

Different times, now they just become media personalities.

[@harrylongabaugh7402]

Or politicians.

[@Onnarashi]

You see a lot of them on TikTok.

[@bernabex2]

AS IF THE MILITARY DOESNT HAVE LOW IQ PEOPLE NOW HAHAHA

[@chlorophyll6154]

Especially if you're a woman with good faces but horrible brain

[@astropunch101]

They call them Special Forces.

[@nicedog1]

A very sad tale. RIP to the lost veterans.

[@bredsheeran2897]

When u go to military camp, always load your weapon, turn the safety of, point it at ur head, and see if someone will pull the trigger. But don’t worry because teammates can’t hurt u like in video games;)

[@hAnker_Chief]

Ofc your team Cant kill you, it would be warcrime

[@bredsheeran2897]

Yes it would

[@paleoph6168]

6:55 I understood that reference lol

[@sargentleebeemcdonalds1727]

A classic meme

[@Lis2004-b]

6:42 I can’t stop laughing “promise of a bright future” 🤤🤪

[@boby1233]

I suppose that's what you might call special forces

[@paleoph6168]

Their specialty: dying easily

[@playbetter7937]

@@paleoph6168 Who said the intelligent can't die easily?

[@lanedunn5726]

There are still soldiers like this. We had one private who some how jammed mud into the barrel of his m16a2 and decided while on a live fire range, to keep one hand on the trigger while trying to clear the mud out with the other. As he tried to clear the barrel, he blew his index finger off. Common sense is not so common.

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

As someone who was in special ed his whole life. I felt this

[@hansgulayev7320]

I can tell by the flag.

[@scottcantdance804]

@@hansgulayev7320 I was typing "is that why you've still got the flag?" But you beat me to it.

[@JorganVonDangle]

@@hansgulayev7320 hahah

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

@@hansgulayev7320 are you ruskie bot?

[@benjamincollins4276]

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 he either is a ruskie bot or has the standard room temperature IQ of a ruskie...

[@HerosTheme]

Full Metal Jacket and Forest Gump make even more sense to me now after this video.

[@rufusthedufus5458]

Video is most definitely going to backfire. Mentally disabled people suffering in combat and then being represented as comedic stereotypes is most likely very offensive.

[@ddarkon1223]

Cry about it History was whatever it was You cannot change it to fit your narrative

[@rufusthedufus5458]

@@ddarkon1223 wah wah wah! The liberals are criticizing my kindergarten humor! Must be a narrative!

[@praktikalnurse504]

The project may have ended in the 70's, but filling the ranks with the same types of individuals, to meet a quota carried on. Fort McClellan, Alabama 1983: guy to the right of me was in handcuffs, guy to the left of me could barely read or write. There was a couple that couldn't speak or understand English well. Me, terribly nearsighted and color blind, but I made it through.

[@r2gelfand]

Yeah, write...😄

[@praktikalnurse504]

@@r2gelfand just guessing, you mean "Right" instead of "write" Y'all see my point? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bobcrump8105]

I took Basic Training and A.I.T. at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in the latter part of 1969. This is an accurate description. The troop I was in during Advanced Individual Training to become scouts included my platoon that was all Enlisted Reserve or National Guard members. The other platoon was made up completely of criminals who had been given the choice of extended jail sentences or to be drafted for 2 years service in Viet Nam. During the years that these types of criminals were sent there, there was a significant increase in "friendly fire" deaths. Those guys would just eliminate anybody they didn't like through fragging or while on patrol when nobody else could see what they did. No autopsies in a war zone.

[@jtm726]

My mother was in the WAF during the 1970's; she said the military gave you a test; the lowest scores go to the front cause they are expendable and the smart ones are placed in the rear.

[@Vasher-The-Destroyer]

Okay since the comments like to mention this Actually forrest is a great soldier As a marine told me "He does exactly what he is told to do" From rebuilding his rifle in record time to basically doing whatever lieutenant Dane tells him to do. The only time Forrest doesn't follow a direct order is when he decides to not leave anyone behind who was injured. So ya Forrest is a good soldier yes he's a fictional character I know but also I'm pretty sure he graduated college too But ya this is just really messed up like I feel awful for all of them they were promised so much help but got none