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Fun fact: the current South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, participated in Operation Paul Bunyan
by openasocket 7y ago
Fun fact: the current South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, participated in Operation Paul Bunyan
- vilhelm_s 7y agoWhat did he do?
- jedimastert 7y agoAccroding to wikipedia, he was in South Korean Special Forces at the time. Here's what the wikipedia article about the south korean special forces involvement in the Korean axe murder incident > In addition, a 64-man task force of the South Korean Special Forces accompanied them, armed with clubs and trained in taekwondo, supposedly without firearms. However, once they parked their trucks near the Bridge of No Return, they started throwing out the sandbags that lined the truck bottoms, and handing out M16 rifles and M79 grenade launchers that had been concealed below.[3] Several of the commandos also had M18 Claymore mines strapped to their chests with the firing mechanism in their hands, and were shouting at the North Koreans to cross the bridge.[12][13]
- 420codebro 7y agoRofl. That’s ballsy.
- dba7dba 7y agoFun fact: Many many South Korean college students who actively agitated for democracy around that era were specifically sent to the very front area of the DMZ or tougher assignments. So Moon did not volunteer for the special forces, but was volunteered. The idea was to help educate the naive young kids about the realities of North Korea facing off with South Korea by stationing them right on the DMZ. Also, Moon was not one of the few dozen troops that were on scene with claymore mines. The entire armed forces of S Korea was put on alert at the time and he was in uniform at the time.