ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3287 12 February 1951
FIELD REPORT (164 - MISDI - 1459) 2 February 1951
| PW NAME: | PAK, Se Ro (朴世櫓) (박세로) (NKA) |
| RANK: | Pvt |
| ORGN: | II Corps, 10th Div, Arty Regt (Code No: 753 Unit), 1st Bn, 2nd Co, 1st Plat, 1st Sqd |
| DUTIES: | Artillery man |
| EDUCATION: | Middle School (3 yr) |
| AGE: | 22 |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| ADDRESS: | HWANGHAE DO, HWANGJU GUN, CHONGSU MYON, KUMKWANG-NI #349 (黃海道 黃州郡 淸水面 金光里 349番地) |
| DATE & PALCE OF CAPTURE: | 29 Jan 51 at TUMARI (Phonetic) (Vic S of ANDONG (DR7546)). |
| INTERROGATOR: | TMO |
| INTERROGATED AT: | HAYANG (DQ8374) |
PW was suffering from frozen feet and fatigue. Information limited but seems reliable.
II Corps: 15th Div, 10th Div, 9th Div and several other div.
10th Div: 25th, 27th, 29th Rifle Regt, Arty Regt (Code no: 753 Unit), 47mm AT Indep Bn, 120mm Indep Mort Bn, Engr Bn, Med Unit and other units.
Arty Regt (Code No: 753 Unit): 3 Bn, Composite Sig-Observation-Fire Control Btry, Supply Plat, Med Unit.
1st Bn: 3 Btry, Composite Observation-Sig-Fire Control Btry.
2nd Btry: Composite Observation-Sig-Fire Control Plat, 1st and 2nd Gun Plat.
1st Gun Plat: 2 sqd of 9 men each.
| 1st Gun Plat | Original (Sep 50) | Present (29 Jan 51) |
| Personnel: | ||
| EM | 20 | 8 |
| Officers | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 21 | 9 |
| Equipment & ammo: | ||
| 76mm AT Guns | 2 | 0 |
| SMG (PPSH 41) | 3 | 3 (150 rd ea) |
| Rifles M1891/30 | 20 (120 rd ea) | 6 (60 rd ea) |
| Grenades | 1 per man | 1 or 2 per man |
| Trucks (2½ T) | 2 | 0 |
| 2nd Btry: | ||
| Personnel: | ||
| EM | 61 | 36 |
| Officers | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 65 | 39 |
| Equipment & ammo: | ||
| Binoculars (Russ) | 11 | 11 |
| Telephones (field) | 4 | 1 |
| Wireless (Russ) | 4 | 0 |
| Arty Range Finder (Russian) | 1 | 0 |
| Compasses (field) | 11 | 7 |
| LMG | 1 | 0 |
| 1st Battalion: | ||
| Personnel: | ||
| EM | 250 | 150 |
| Officers | 25 | 18 |
| Total | 275 | 168 |
30% of casualties in PW Regt caused by air attacks.
Remarks: There have been cases of typhus fever in PW unit since Jan 51.
29th Rifle Regt and Arty Regt of 10th NK Div o/a 29 Jan 51 occupied village of TUMARI.
PW told by Co CO that his unit was to move further south. Most of the troops of both Regt using farm houses at TUMARI as temporary billets.
O/A 29 Jan 51 village bombed and strafed by US aircraft.
PW believes that during the attack 29th Regt and Arty Regt suffered 20% casualties.
Mission of 10th Div is to infiltrate UN positions and wage guerrilla warfare, blasting bridges and railroads, and disrupting supply and communications lines.
Conscripted 21 Mar 50 at HAMJU GUN, and assigned 10th Div, Arty Regt.
From 21 Mar 50 until outbreak of war, PW received arty training at P'YONGYANG.
3 Jul 50 PW Regt travelled by truck to KANGDONG GUN, SANDONG MYON.
O/A 27 Jul 50 Div Arty departed for front (KORYON DQ3354) by way of SEOUL and TAEJON.
From 13 Aug 50 until the middle of Sep 50 PW Regt was in combat vic KORYON.
In Sep 50 PW Regt received orders to retreat to NORTH KOREA on their own.
Prior to retreating, all field pieces in PW Regt were buried in the mountains in the northern sector of KORYON.
From vic KORYON PW Regt marched through the TAEBAEK and SOBAEK Mountain Ranges and arrived SOHUNG-NI (DT3125) Nov 50.
From SOHUNG-NI PW Regt marched to HWACHON (CT9618), where they received orders to infiltrate UN positions.
The route taken south by PW Regt was over SOBAEK and TAEBAEK Mountain Range.
During the middle part of Jan 51 PW unit arrived vic TANYANG (DR3989).
From vic TANYANG unit marched by night through unk mountain range to TUMARI (south of ANDONG) arriving o/a 29 Jan 51.
At TUMARI Arty Regt and 29th Regt used farm houses as temporary quarters. On the same date village bombed and strafed by US aircraft.
During attack PW was on mountain top 4 km east of village, guarding pass leading into village.
PW captured by combined US and ROK patrols.
An hour after the PW was captured US forces surrounded TUMARI, to wipe out those who survived the air attack.
CHANG Ki Yol (張基烈), Lt Col, Regt CO, 10th Div, Arty Regt.
CHO Song Ik (趙成翼), 2nd Lt, Plat Ldr, Arty Regt, 1st Bn, 2nd Btry, 1st Plat.
Food confiscated from farm houses along route of march.
PW Regt has not received fresh supplies of ammo since retreating from SOUTH KOREA Sep 50. Ammo supply adequate but not plentiful.
There was no signal equipment in the PW Regt.
Communication usually by runners.
Morale and battle effectiveness in PW Regt very low for fol reasons:
a. Air attacks.
b. Lack of food, clothing and proper equipment.
c. Fatigue.
d. Troops able to continue fighting only because they are constantly reminded that desertion means death.
a. Typhus and pneumonia in unit. Between 20 to 30% of the troops have typhus.
b. No immunizations given.
c. Most of the frozen feet cases are not so bad as to hamper walking.
a. Did you surrender voluntarily? If so, why?
a. PW was captured.
b. Did you see any UN leaflets or hear UN loudspeaker broadcasts?
a. Negative
c. Can you describe what they said?
a. Negative
d. What was your reaction to them?
a. Negative
e. Did you hear other soldiers discuss leaflets or broadcasts? What did they say or do?
a. Negative
For the AC of S, G-2:
HONG
