Project 100,000 was sold as opportunity—but for hundreds of thousands of young Americans, it became a death sentence.

In this episode of American Scandal Report by Skoob, host OZ Dalton uncovers the shocking truth behind Robert McNamara’s most controversial military program. Designed during the Vietnam War, Project 100,000 lowered enlistment standards and sent America’s poorest and least educated men—many from Black and working-class communities—into the most dangerous combat roles.

Using firsthand accounts, government documents, and veteran testimony, we expose how a data-driven Pentagon turned human lives into statistics, why these soldiers died at nearly twice the rate of other troops, and how a so-called social experiment became one of the darkest chapters in U.S. military history.

This is a story about power, policy, race, and the devastating consequences of treating people like numbers.

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