ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 839 31 August 1950
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS) 22 August 1950
(Ref to ATIS Rpt No. 565)
| Name: | KIM HYON KUN (金亨根) |
| Rank: | 1st Lt |
| Age: | 28 yrs |
| Address: | PYONG GU KWANGE GUN KONFUK MYON HYONHADON |
| Duty: | 7th Co CO |
| Education: | Graduated from Primary School, six yrs. From Oct 49 to 25 Feb 50, he attended 1st Military Academy at PYONGYANG. |
| Previous Occupation: | Machinist |
| Length of Service: | 17 Nov 45 to 12 Aug 50 |
| Military Unit: | 13th Div, 23rd Regt, 3rd Bn, 7th Co |
| Date of Capture: | 12 Aug 50 |
| Circumstance of Capture: | On the morning of the 12th of Aug 50 prisoner lead the remaining men of his company to the south, toward TABEI-DONG. While advancing they were attacked by United States troops and taken prisoner. |
| Interrogator: | KOGA (FEAF) (Rpt No. 168) |
| Unit | Unit No. | Name | Rank | Personal History |
| Div - 13th | 2345 or 351 | CHOI YONG CHIN (권용진) | Maj Gen | Heard he was trained in Russian army prior to 1945. |
| Regt - 23rd | TAE BYON YUL (태병율) | Col | Formerly tactics instructor at 1st Mil Academy. | |
| Bn - 3rd | KIM SUNG GYON (김순경) | Maj | Graduate, 1st Mil Academy. | |
| Co - 7th | KIM HYON KUN (김형근) | 1st Lt | Graduate, 1st Mil Academy. |
| Authorized | Present | |||
| Personnel | (No.) | Weapons (No. type) | Personnel | Weapons (No. type) |
| Div, 13th | unk | 120 mm M1943, 82 mm | unk | |
| 76 mm, 45 mm | ||||
| Regt, 23rd | 2300 | 8, 120 mm M1943 mortar | 500 | 3, 45 mm M1942 AT gun |
| 6, 82 mm M1942 mortar | ||||
| 6, 76 mm M1927 howitzer | ||||
| 6, 45 mm M1942 AT gun | ||||
| Bn, 3rd | 650 | 6, 82 mm | 200 | 2, 45 mm |
| 2. 45 mm | 3, Maxim HMG M1910 | |||
| 18, Maxim HMG M1910 | 1, 14.5 mm PTRS-41 AT gun | |||
| 6, 14.5 mm PTRS-41 | 6, 82 mm M1942 (no ammo) | |||
| Co, 7th | 156 | 2, Maxim HMG M1910 | 39 | 3, DP LMG |
| 12, DP LMG M1891/30 rifle with bayonets | ||||
| 3, TT M1943 Tokarev pistol | ||||
Approx thirty percent of the personnel in the 23rd Regt had received more than one year of military training. The remaining seventy percent included personnel with six months to less than a year of compulsory basic training.
Movements:| Arrival (date) | Place | Departure (date) | Events |
| 25 Feb 50 | SINUIJU | 19 Jun 50 | |
| 20 Jun 50 | NAMCHONJOM | 20 Jun 50 | |
| 20 Jun 50 | SIBYON-Nl | 22 Jun 50 | |
| 29 Jun 50 | KYONGSONG | 30 Jun 50 | |
| 1 Jul 50 | YONGDUNGPO | 02 Jul 50 | |
| 02 Jul 50 | INCHON | 30 Jul 50 | |
| 31 Jul 50 | SUWON | 31 Jul 50 | |
| 01 Aug 50 | YOJU | 02 Aug 50 | |
| 05 Aug 50 | NAKTONG-NI | 05 Aug 50 | |
| 06 Aug 50 | TOWON-DONG | 07 Aug 50 | Strafing & rocket fire by F-80's |
| 8 Aug 50 | SANGYOUNGDONG ( ) | 11 Aug 50 | Fought for four days with US troops, continuous strafing & bombing by F-80's |
The 3rd Regt’s last known position was at SANGYOUNG-DONG. The 13th Div’s Headquarters was located on hill 203 on the 11 Aug 50.
Supplies:Source of Supplies:
(a) Food was taken from occupied areas.
(b) Ammunitions supplies were practically exhausted.
Types of Armor Employed:Four T-34 (85) Medium tanks were destroyed by rocket fire from F-80's on the morning of the 12 of August in the vicinity of SANGYOUNGDONG, also one tank was captured by United States troops.
Political and Subversive Activities:Anti-South Korean Propaganda:
(a) The South Korean Government has been corrupted by the imperialistic government of the United States. They are anticipating colonizing KOREA. If they do, they will set up a capitalist government, which will cause the people of KOREA to live like beggars or to be treated like slaves.
(b) The N Korean Army must destroy the S Korean capitalists and help all the people of S KOREA to live as a free democratic people.
Radio Broadcasts:
The N Korean radio programs are concerned mostly with the following propaganda: Korean culture of the present, production of factory goods, agricultural products and quotas produced, standard of living has become better since the year 1945 and also other communist propaganda.
Weapons:The Maxim 100 was believed to be the best piece of Russian equipment in the 23rd Regt. Russian letters and numerals were observed on the weapons.
Signed TARKENTON/WALKER
