ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 1499 29 September 1950
FIELD REPORT (521 - MISD - 0063) 27 September 1950
1. PERSONAL DETAILS:| PW NAME: | LEE, UN KUK (李殷國) (리은국) |
| PW NO: | #1799 |
| RANK: | Pvt |
| DUTY: | Rifle man |
| UNIT: | 72 Inf Regt, 3 Bn, 9 Co. |
| PLACE OF CAPTURE: | SHIN CHON (新村) near SEOUL. |
| DATE OF CAPTURE: | 25 Sep 50 |
| UNIT MAKING CAPTURE: | 1st Marines |
| HOME ADDRESS: | HAN HA DO, PYONG SAN KUN, SA KOK MYON SU DONG LI (黃海道 平山郡 寺谷面 环同里) |
| INTERROGATOR: | Sgt. YAMADA |
Subject was in the Army only 10 days.
3. MILITARY HISTORY:Subject was inducted in the Army 10 Sep 50 at WON SAN (元山), and assigned to 72 Inf Regt, 3 Bn, 9 Co as rifle man. On 20 Sept. 50 moved to SEOUL. On 24 Sep. 50 approx 500 soldiers of 72 Inf Regt were sent to SHIN CHON (新村) approx 3km NW of SEOUL. Equipment of this unit included 15 heavy machine guns, 15 BARs and each man of the unit had a rifle and 50 rounds of ammunition.
Subject deserted on 25 Sep 50 and was captured at SHIN CHON (新村) the same dayd. Subject does not know what happened to rest of the men.
Strength of 72 Inf Regt was approx 2,000 men. There were 3 battalions in the regiment and 3 companies in each battalion. Strength of each company was approx 120 men. The 72 Inf Regt also had an arty company, a communication company, a mortar company and a heavy machine gun company.
On 25 Sep 50 72 Inf Regt was spread along entire front line. When subject deserted from SHIN CHON, his unit (500 men) was in the first tunnel from SEOUL in SHIN CHON.
Cod of 72 Inf Regt ----- (563)
For the AC of S, G-2:
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