Fun 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 o

Fun 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.