To point out on the page, someone mentioned that Llewellyn may be illiterate, with a response that being literate was a requirement for the Vietnam draft - that is wrong. In fact, there was a project to get soldiers who had failed the aptitude test into the war - it was called Project 100,000. They were nicknamed the Mc Namara's Morons - under Robert Mc Namara during the Vietnam War. 320,000 men who all failed the Armed Forces Qualification Test; this project was an experiment to see if military requirements could be lowered. It was done under the umbrella of Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty program to help those in poverty serve and in return use the G.I. bill and other programs to help themselves. Half volunteered, half drafted - physical impairments, under/over-weight, low mental aptitude, and the point being made, many were illiterate. They served in the war in combat roles as infantry soldiers.
To point out on the page, someone mentioned that Llewellyn may be illiterate, with a response that being literate was a requirement for the Vietnam draft - that is wrong. In fact, there was a project to get soldiers who had failed the aptitude test into the war - it was called Project 100,000. They were nicknamed the Mc Namara's Morons - under Robert Mc Namara during the Vietnam War. 320,000 men who all failed the Armed Forces Qualification Test; this project was an experiment to see if military requirements could be lowered. It was done under the umbrella of Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty program to help those in poverty serve and in return use the G.I. bill and other programs to help themselves. Half volunteered, half drafted - physical impairments, under/over-weight, low mental aptitude, and the point being made, many were illiterate. They served in the war in combat roles as infantry soldiers.