ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 618 19 August 1950
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS - FEAF LN TEAM NO. 0249) 4 August 1950
(Ref to ATIS Rpt No. 367)
| Name: | CHO SEI KO (趙世杲) |
| Age: | 23 years old |
| Rank: | Pvt |
| Address: | HAMGYONG NAMDO MANJU-Gun, TEOCHO Myong SUTORI #19 (咸鏡南道 滿洲郡 退潮里 西土里 19番地) |
| Education: | Elementary 6 years |
| Previous occupation: | Farming |
| Length of service: | 25 days, 5 July 1950 |
| Military Speciality: | Infantry |
| Foreign language spoken: | Japanese (fair) |
| Date of capture: | 1 August 1950 |
| Place of capture: | 4 kilometers west of HYOPCHON |
| Interrogated by: | YAMASHITA |
4th Division, 5th Regiment, 1st Battalion, 3rd Company, 1st Platoon, 1st Squad.
Unit Commanders:4th Division: LEE KWON MOO, Major General, 45 or 50 years old.
Regt and Battalion Commanders: Name unknown, rank unknown.
3rd Company: YUN TAL OL, 1st Lt, 25 years old.
1st Platoon: KIN CHONG SIK, 2nd Lt.
1st Squad: KIM MYUN CHONG, Sergeant.
Movement of Unit:PW was ordered to report to PYONGYANG on 5 July 1950. About 500 North Korean youths were assembled at a school, name unknown, and shipped by train to SEOUL. from SEOUL some of the men were put on trucks while others marched to PYONGTAEK. The trip took four days because the roads were so bad, and travel was done intermittenly during day. At PYONGTAEK, the men were issued uniforms and equipment and given one day of rest. Following this on 13 July, men attached to the 5th Regiment including the PW, marched to KONGJU and TAEJON, at which point the other units of the 5th Regiment were waiting. Then the entire Regiment marched and rode on trucks (one night) to reach KOCHAGN. From there, the men marched at night and four nights lator arrived at the location where PW was captured.
Source possessed no now information of value.
Signed TARKENTON/WALKER
