ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 1853 12 October 1950
FIELD REPORT (ADV ECH ATIS - 0031) 11 October 1950
1. PERSONAL DETAILS:| PW NAME: | CHAE, In Soo (崔仁守) |
| RANK: | Pvt |
| DUTY: | Cannon Ammo carrier |
| UNIT: | 918th Arty Unit, 5 Co |
| PLACE OF CAPTURE: | YONG IN KUN, SHINGALLI |
| DATE OF CAPTURE: | 1 Oct 50 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH: | HWAN HAE TO CHUNG YONG KUN HAEAN MYON, SUNGAE LI, #458 |
| HOME ADDRESS: | Same as above |
| INTERROGATED BY: | CPL HAMASU |
Information fairly reliable despite fact that informant was not too intelligent.
Primary school 6 yrs. Fisherman prior to induction.
Deserted his unit and surrendered to the ROK Army.
3. TACTICAL INFORMATION:Chronology:
Forcibly inducted into the army 1 Aug 50 at SARIWON. Received basic training about one week at 918th Arty Unit 8 km north of CHINNAMPO.
25 Aug 50, PW and 78 men (5 men Co) left CHINNAMPO and established an artillery position at KOUNLI 80 km south of INCHON.
25 Sep 50, PW and 78 men left KOUNLI and arrived at SOJONGNI. PW stayed there for two days, deserted and surrendered.
Unit organization and strength:
918th Arty Unit is a Regt organized in CHINNAMPO Jan 50. 78 men in 5th Co
Equipment:
Arty-76mm-4, and about 800 rds of ammo
Trucks (Russian made)-4
Rifles-78 (Russian made), 60 rds per rifle with 7500 rds in reserve.
Hand grenades-about 300
Two telephones (old type) for communication.
Unit Duty:
5th Co: Defense of the shore of KOUNLI Area 80 km south of INCHON.
4th and 6th Cos: Defense of INCHON (hearsay).
4. GENERAL:The hqs of the 918th unit was about 4 km north of the CHINNAMPO RR station. The area was surrounded by mountains 1 km to 2 km in height. The troops lived in a two story primary school about 8 m wide by 70 m long. This building was made of brick with gable type slate roof painted red. The distance from the school to the YELLOW sea coast directly west is about 2 km. PW believed that this Regt is still guarding the CHINNAMPO Sea coast.
About 4 km south were two factories. One was the ILCHOL Iron Factory and the other was a flour mill. These two factories were of brick construction with a flat top brick roof. The iron factory was a three story building. The distance between the flour mill and the iron factory is about 1 km. These buildings were painted grey. The number of spur lines leading to this area is unknown, however, PW estimates about 9. The location of these factories is about 500 m north of CHINNAMPO City.
PW saw one Soviet Officer on 23 Aug 50 at CHINNAMPO inspecting the Arty location and also the arty firing. The Soviet Advisor wore a blue uniform. PW last heard that he was residing in CHINNAMPO.
The CHINNAMPO Sea coast is mined.
For the Commanding Officer:
BATEMAN
Executive
