ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3298 12 February 1951
FIELD REPORT (164 - MISDI - 1470) 4 February 1951
| NAME: | CHANG, Yen (張岩) (CCF) |
| RANK: | Pvt |
| ORGN: | CCF 4th Field Army, 50th Army, 148th Div (Code Name: 1ST BN), 444th Regt (Code Name: 3RD CO), 1st Bn (Code Name: 1ST SQD), 2nd Co (Code Name: 2ND PLAT), 3rd Plat, 9th Sqd |
| DUTIES: | Rifleman |
| EDUCATION: | 4 yr |
| AGE: | 23 |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| ADDRESS: | HONAN SHENG, TANG HO HSIEN, HOTAO TSUN (河南省 塘河縣 河套村) |
| DATE AND PLACE OF CAPTURE: | 301500 I Jan 51 at (CS1553) |
| INTERROGATOR: | GNY |
| INTERROGATED AT: | HAYANG (DQ8374) |
PW cooperative but lacked information. He was a former CNA and was not informed about his unit.
Information seems reliable.
50th Army: 148th (Code Name: 1st Bn), 149th (Code Name: 2nd Bn), and 500th Rifle Div (Code Name: 3rd Bn).
148th Div: 442nd (Code Name: 1st Co), 443rd (Code Name: 2nd Co), and 444th Inf Regt (Code Name: 3rd Co), Med Co, and Recon-Sig Co.
444th Regt: 1st (Code Name: 1st Sqd), 2nd (Code Name: 2nd Sqd), and 3rd Inf Bn (Code Name: 3rd Sqd).
1st Bn: 1st, 2nd (Code Name: 2nd Plat) and 3rd Rifle Co and HMG Co.
2nd Co: 3 Rifle Plat.
Each Plat: 3 Rifle Sqd.
| 3rd Plat: | Original (25 Oct 50) |
| Personnel | |
| EM | 28 |
| Officers | 2 |
| Total | 30 |
| Ammo & Equipment | |
| M1891/30 Rifles | 8 (100 rd ea) |
| SMG (US) | 4 |
| Grenades (US) | 4 ea man |
| LMG (US) | 2 |
| 2nd Co: | |
| Personnel | |
| EM | 120 |
| Officers | 8 |
| Total | 128 |
| Ammo & Equipment | |
| Pistols | 2 |
| 60mm Mortars (US) | 2 (30 rd ea) |
| 1st Bn: | |
| Personnel | |
| EM & Off | 500 |
Approx 90% of 1st Bn composed of former CNA soldiers, who were deserting in small groups daily.
1st Bn was attacked once by UN planes and suffered 9 KIA and none wounded.
CP of 444th Regt located 4 km N of place of capture 29 Jan 51.
PW inducted into CNA 20 Oct 48 at HU PEISHENG (湖北省). Captured by CCF 15 Nov 49 at HU PEI SHENG and “forced” to join CCF. On day after capture was assigned to 50th Army, 148th Div, 444th Regt, 1st Bn, 2nd Co, 3rd Plat as rifleman.
From that day PW was engaged only in farming.
O/a 1 Jun 50 PW marched with 50th Army to SSUCHUAN (四川省), arriving o/a 30 Aug 50. 50th Army recuperated there one day and then headed back to HU PEI SHENG via rail arriving appox 5 days later.
When 50th Army moved from HU PEI SHENG its intention was to confuse the enemy regarding its location. 50th Army detrained at HUPEISHENG o/a 6 Sep 50 and for 20 days its troops were engaged in farming.
O/a 27 Sep 50 the 50th Army departed HUPEI SHENG by rail northward, arriving FIESSUHSIEN(盆石縣) o/a 3 Oct 50. 50th Army detrained here and recuperated.
22 Oct 50, PW departed by rail with 444th Regt for TUNGHUA (通化), arriving 24 Oct 50. Unit detrained, and on following day marched across Manchurian border and continued south by mountain routes. Passed through ANJU (YD2988) o/a 12 Dec 50, through PYONGYANG o/a 17 Dec 50. From there 444th Regt continued marching through mountains, passed through SEOUL, and arrived (CS1553) o/a 29 Jan 51.
30 Jan 51 444th Regt battled UN forces and retreated after 3 hr of battle.
During the retreat regt was disorganized and PW separated from unit. After this battle PW was captured by (US) 2nd Bn, 35th RCT at (CS1553).
CHEN, Chi Hao (陳基浩)
CO, 2nd Co, 1st Bn, 444th Regt
PAI, Hu Hsueh (白胡學)
CG, 148th Div
TSENG, Tse Sheng (増澤生)
CG, 50th Army
LIN, Piao (林彪)
CG, 4th Field Army
After entering S. KOREA PW was once paid 400 Won, but was unable to spend it because Won were all old #48 series and no one would accept it. Thereafter food obtained only through confiscation.
444th Regt received no ammo supply after entering KOREA.
Only runners used for communication.
Morale of troops low because approx 90% of Regt were former CNA soldiers and had no desire to fight. Soldiers generally weak from long marches without sufficient food or clothing.
About 5 out of 100 soldiers shivered severely and heard that they had malaria. The five were given pills, and attacks were cured after a week. There were some cases of frost bite and frozen feet, but these soldiers were fortunate since they were taken to hospitals in the rear.
a. Did you surrender voluntarily?
PW was captured.
b. Did you see any UN leaflets of hear UN loudspeaker broadcasts?
Yes.
c. Can you describe what they said?
The leaflet asked him to surrender and it promised good treatment and food.
d. What was your reaction to them?
Negative.
e. Did you hear other soldiers discuss leaflets or broadcasts?
Negative.
For the AC of S, G-2:
HONG
