The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War, inductees of the project died at three times the rate[1] of other Americans serving in Vietnam and following their service had lower incomes and higher rates of divorce than their non-veteran counterparts. The project was ended in December 1971
I must be the exception to the above. HS drop out, 17, sent to Vietnam as an infantryman (survived), got out completed high school then on to college, got married stayed married 54 years (and still counting), worked and then retired with no debt and a comfortable nest egg.
Some 17 year olds drop out of school because they are bored.
I did learn not to make hasty decisions when bored.
“I must be the exception to the above. HS drop out, 17, sent to Vietnam as an infantryman (survived), got out completed high school then on to college, got married stayed married 54 years (and still counting), worked and then retired with no debt and a comfortable nest egg.
Some 17 year olds drop out of school because they are bored.”
I met a lot of HS dropouts when I was in the Army, that were quite intelligent. The McNamara experiment used people with low IQs, that normally would not be fit for military service. For cannon fodder. High School drop outs do not equate with low IQs. And congratulations to you successful life!