ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 2514 4 December 1950
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS FWD #2 - 0008) 25 November 1950
1. PERSONAL DETAILS:| PW NAME: | IN Ch’an Ho (林燦浩) (림찬호) |
| RANK: | Pvt |
| DUTY: | Rifleman |
| ORGANIZATION: | 105th Regt, 13th Bn, 2nd Co, 3rd Plat 7th Div, 2nd Regt, 2nd Bn, 1st Co, 3rd Plat |
| AGE: | 18 |
| EDUCATION: | Primary School - 5 yrs |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| HOME ADDRESS: | P’YONGAN PUKTO, YONGBYON KUN, KOSONG MYON, SINPUNG RI #2025 (平北 寧边 古城面 新豊里 2025) |
| DATE OF CAPTURE: | 16 Nov 50 |
| PLACE OF CAPTURE: | KAPYONG LI (佳坪里) by K Security Guard |
| INTERROGATOR: | Cpl KOMURA |
FW was not evasive in answering questions and was very cooperative. His intelligence was fairly low. Information obtained is fairly reliable,
3. T/O & E AND STRENGTH:105th Regiment: Composed of unknown number of Bns. Each Bn composed of 3 Inf companies. Also attached to the Bns were supply plat, signal plat, medical plat, engineer plat, recon plat, and an anti-tank plat. Each Inf Co composed of 4 plats with each plat composed of 4 sqds.
2nd Plat:
a. Personnel: 45 EM And 1 Officer
b. Equipment & Ammo
4 US M1 Rifle (40 rds ea)
20 M1 891/30 Rifle (40 rds ea)
7 Grenades
1 Carbine (15 rds ea)
2nd Company:
a. Personnel: 180 EM and 6 Officers
EM 180
Officers 6
Total 186
b. Equipment & Ammo
80 M1891 Rifle (40 rds ea)
7 Carbine (50 rds ea)
16 US M1 Rifle (40 rds ea)
30 Grenades
1 Anti-tank Gun
1 Field Telephone
3 Trucks (Japanese)
4 Bicycle
2nd Regiment: Consisted of 3 Bns. Attached to each Bn was a supply, signal, recon, engineer, and medical plat. In each Bn there were 6 Co’s and in each Co there were 3 plats each consisting of 4 squads. (Organization was dispersed o/a 16 Nov 50)
3rd Plat:
a. Personnel: 1 officer and 18 EM
b. Equipment & Amme:
15 M1891/30 Rifle (10-20 rds ea)
1 SMG (71 rds)
1 Carbine (15 rds)
6 Grenades
2 US M1 Rifle (16 rds ea)
1st Co:
a. Personnel: 6 officers and 70 EM
b. Equipment & Ammo:
1 Pistol
1 LMG
2 US M1 Rifle (20: rds ea)
4 SMG (71 rds ea)
50 M1891/30 Rifle
4 Japanese Rifles
30 Grenades
4. LOCATION & ACTIVITIES OF UNITS:The 105th Regt withdrew from HAENAN (海南) thru the southern’ mountains of Korea and the TAEBAK Mts. O/a 24 Oct 50, near the 38th parallel the personnel of the 105th Regt separated having received no orders to reorganize. From there the PW continued North and at INJAE (麟蹄) was apprehended by the NK MP’S. He was compelled to join 'the 7th Div. From INJAE to KAPYONG RI, he accompanied the 7th Div and at KAPYONG RI he separated from his unit on 16 Nov 50 and captured.
5. PERSONAL & UNIT HISTORY:9 Jul 50 - 105th Regt organized at YONGCH’ON (連川), set out for South Korea and arrived in SEOUL on the 29th of July. The 105th Regt went from SEOUL to HAE NAM passing thru KONJU (公州), CHUNGJU (淸州), and KWONGJU (光州). It stayed at HAEM (海南) for tne month and in mid Sep withdrew.
6. MORALE:PW states that the morale of his plat was very low due to the lack of supplies, ammo, and replacements. The subject also states that they were afraid to fight the UN forces.
7. US POW’S:PW states that he saw about 200 US POW’s being shipped to SEOUL by train from SUWON (水原) 30 July 50.
For the Commanding Officer:
BATEMAN
