ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 1491 29 September 1950
FIELD REPORT (164 - MISDI - 0948) 24 September 1950
1. PERSONAL DETAILS:| PW NAME: | KIM, DO YONG (金道英) (김도영) |
| RANK: | Pvt (戰士) |
| ORGANIZATION: | 3rd Div, Replacement Unit |
| DUTIES: | Supply Bearer |
| EDUCATION: | Middle School (3 years) |
| AGE: | 22 |
| OCCUPATION: | Inn Manager |
| ADDRESS: | HAMGYONG NAMDO, HESAN GUN, HESAN MYON, HAEGANG NI, #545 (咸鏡南道 惠山郡 惠山面 惠江里 545) |
| DATE & PLACE OF CAPTURE: | 221400 K Sep 50 at CHANGCHON MYON by ROK 1st Div, Recon Company. |
| INTERROGATOR: | H.N. |
Seems very intelligent, but information limited due to brief military service.
3. T/O & E AND STRENGTH OF: 3rd Div, Replacement Unit| Replacement Unit | original | present (As of 18 Sep 50) |
| A. Personnel: | ||
| 1. EM | 150 | 95 |
| 2. Officer | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Total | 151 | 96 |
| Only one pistol carried by officer | ||
Replacement unit, 3rd Division was following Division headquarters carrying rice (30 Kg per man) for Division Staff officers.
The 3rd Division, Headquarters received orders to retreat to SANGJU from the foot of SUAM SAN (수암산) o/a 17 Sep 50. Headquarters moved to KIKOK DONG (기곡동) during night of 17 Sep 50.
5. PERSONAL AND UNIT HISTORY:Inducted 4 Sep 50 at HAMHUNG.
PW and 500 others traveled together from HAMHUNG 4 Sep 50 by train, and marched and arrived at CHANGCHON 22 Sep 50
PW and 30 others from HAMHUNG assigned to Replacement Unit, 3rd Division.
On 22 Sep 50 after hearing that the UN Forces had arrived, PW surrendered to ROK 1st Division at CHANGCH’ON.
6. GENERAL:PW states that his group was the last to leave North Korea. Men from 17 to 45 were conscripted and sent South.
Observed approximately 1,000 South Korean conscripts at Agricultural College in SUWON. The college was used as troops barracks during the night, and troops hid inan heavily forested hill during the days.
7. FOOD AND AMMO SUPPLIES:Ammo storage was observed in POSONG DONG.
9. MORALE:Morale of the troops seems to be very low, because they believed they were deceived by North Korean Government into a hopeless and useless war.
For the AC of S, G-2:
SAKAMOTO
