ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 670 21 August 1950
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS - 0490) 19 August 1950
| Name: | IM YONG CH’ON (任龍天) (임용천) |
| Rank: | Rct |
| Age: | 33 |
| Organization: | 8th Div, 3rd Regt, 3rd Bn, 2nd Bn, 2nd Co, 1st Plt, 4th Sqd. |
| Duties: | Rifleman |
| Education: | None |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Address: | HWANGHAE-DO, SHINGEI-GUN, CHURYU-MYON, UWAN-NI #223 |
| Date & Place Captured: | 11 1900K Aug 50 at TANCHON-MYON, TANCHON by ROK troops. |
| Interrogator: | Sgt YOSHIDA |
Informant unobservant and information limited. Seems reliable.
T/O of PW’s Unit:4th Squad consisted of 10 men. 1st Plt consisted of 7 squads. Squad leader and asst squad lender armed with Submachine guns, the rest were armed with Russian-make rifles.
Strength of higher units unknown.
Disposition of above Units:3rd Regt arrived in TANCHON on 9 Aug 50 and was stationed at the same location at the time of PW’s capture. 8th Div’s location unknown.
Estimated Strength of above Unit: No information
Personal and Unit History:Inducted 13 Jul 50 at CHERYUNG-HASUNG. 10 days basic training was tentatively planned but did not take place due to rainy weather. About 2,000 were being trained here at the time. When informant departed here with 2,000 inductees no one was left.
| Date | Departed | How travelled | Arrived | Date |
| 13 Jul 50 | CHERYUNG-HASUNG | train | SINMAK | 14 Jul |
| 14 Jul 50 | SINMAK | train | SEOUL | 16 Jul |
| 16 Jul 50 | SEOUL | marched | KANCHAN-DO | 19 Jul |
| 19 Jul 50 | KANCHAN-DO | marched | CHUNGCHON-DO | U/N |
From CHUNGCHON-DO the various areas passed are unknown. Date also unknown.
Personalities:Negative
Food and Ammunition Supply:No ammunition supplied after departing HASUNG. 40 rounds were issued at that time.
Great shortage of food within the unit. Last supply was received in SEOUL. Looting the villages for food was the only means of obtaining food.
Replacements, Wounded Personnel & StragglersNo replacements received
Wounded personnel were sent to the rear for medical attention.
Morale:Morale is very low because most of the troops were forced into the army. They lack military training and are always short of food.
Enemy Intentions:Troops were told to fight till the end and never to surrender because to be captured meant torture and death. Information was never to be disclosed. Troops were to fight hard until T’AEGU is captured.
PW’sNo US PW’s observed.
SK CivilianSouth Koreans seem to dislike N Korean troops because they know that the N. Koreans are on the losing side.
Signed TARKENTON/WALKER
