ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 1175 19 September 1950
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS - 0804) 18 September 1950
1. PERSONAL DETAILS:| PW NAME: | CH’OE Yong Su (崔溶洙) (최용수) |
| PW NUMBER: | 63 NK 4066 |
| RANK: | Pvt (戰士) (S Korean conscripted into N Korean Amy) |
| AGE: | 19 |
| DUTY: | Rifleman |
| UNIT: | 7th Div, 3rd Regt, 3rd Bn, 7th Co, 1st Plt, 1st Sqd |
| EDUCATION: | Primary School Grad (6 yrs) |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| PLACE OF CAPTURE: | 1141-1381 |
| DATE OF CAPTURE: | 15 Sep 50 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH: | CHOLLA NAMDO, KWANGSAN GUN, SOPANG MYON, SINANNI, #298 (全羅南道 光山郡 瑞坊面 新安里 二九八) |
| HOME ADDRESS: | Same as place of birth |
| INTERROGATOR: | Cpl HORISHIGE (ATIS) |
PW was cooperative and his information seemed fairly reliable. PW was a replacement and was captured about a week after he was assigned to his unit. Therefore, he had very little information. Not recommended for further interrogation,
3. TACTICAL INFORMATION:Chronology:
| 8 Aug 50: | PW was inducted at KWANGJU (光州). Approx 300 S Koreans including PW received 20 days basic training at SOGOK MYON (石谷面) Primary School which is located approx 2 km W of KWANGJU. |
| 30 Aug 50: | The 300 men departed KWANGJU. |
| o/a 5 Sep 50: | The 300 men reached 20 km NW of CHINJU (晋州) via TANYANG (湍陽) and NAMWON (南原). |
| o/a 7 Sep 50: | The 300 men reached H of HAMAN (咸安) (distance unknown). Here they were distributed to various units in the 7th Div. About 70 men including PW were assigned to the 3rd Bn, 3rd Regt as replacements. |
| o/a 10 Sep 50: | The 3rd Bn was in the hills at 1141-1381. Here, the replacements received M1891/30 rifles and 10 rounds of ammunition per man. The troops could not come out from their fox holes, because of UN aircraft. |
| 15 Sep 50: | Approx 15 US troops attacked the hill which PW and about 20 others were defending. About 15 men among the 20 N Korean troops threw down their weapons and surrendered to the US troops. The other 5 men who fired upon the US troops were killed. |
Last known composition of unit: (PW only knew about his company)
7th Co strength was 60 men, including the replacements, when PW joined it o/a 7 Sep 50. Among the 60 men, 15 surrendered to the US troops and 5 were killed. PW did not know what happened to the rest.
Morale and propaganda:
Morale of the troops was very low due to shortage of food. PW stated that the 15 men surrendered to the US troops after reading surrender leaflets.
4. GENERAL:North Korean Currency: One N Korean WON equals 10 S Korean WON.
For the Commanding Officer:
WEELDREYER
Executive
