ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO 3486 21 February 1951
FIELD REPORT (164 MISDI - 1524) 14 February 1951
| PW NAME: | O, Man Gun (吳萬根) (오만근) (NKA) |
| RANK: | Pvt |
| ORGN: | 8th Div, 2nd Regt, 3rd Bn, 9th Co, 1st plat, 3rd Sqd |
| DUTIES: | Rifleman |
| EDUCATION: | None |
| AGE: | 33 |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| ADDRESS: | HWANGHAE DO, PYOKSONG-GUN, TAEGO-MYON, SUTONG-NI, #1174 (黃海道 벽성군 대고면 수동리 1174) |
| DATE & PLACE OF CAPTURE: | 121700 I Feb 51, at an unidentified village approx 10 km north of ANYANG-NI (CS1540) |
| INTERROGATOR: | G.W.A |
Cooperative.
a. Chronology:
PW inducted into the NKA 27 Sep 50 at CH’WIYA-RI (YC 2514). Received one week of training in close order drill and military courtesy.
Departed CH’WIYA-RI, (when the NKA was retreating during the late summer of 1950), marched with approx 640 other recruits and traveled (at night only) via the following places over mountain trails:
| Place Departed | Date | Mode of Travel | Place Arrived | Date |
| CH’WIYA-RI | Unk | Marched | PYONGYANG (YD 3822) | Unk |
| PYONGYANG | Unk | 〃 | KANGGYE (BA 9837) | Unk |
| KANGGYE | Unk | 〃 | CH’OSAN (YF 3624) | 29 Oct 50 |
At CH’OSAN, PW received basic infantry training and was assigned to the 8th Division. At CH’OSAN, the men in the 8th Division’s 2nd Regt were issued an unknown number of M1891/30 rifles plus 50 rounds of ammunition per rifleman during Nov 50.
Departed from SARIWON, marched with the 8th Division’s 2nd Regt, arriving at SEOUL during Jan 51.
Departed from SEOUL during Jan 51, marched (at night only) and crossed over the frozen HAN River, arriving at YONGDUNGP’O (CS 1654) during Jan 51.
Departed from YONGDUNGP’O during Jan 51, marched (at night only) over mountain trails with the 8th Division’s 2nd Regt, and arrived in the mountains approx 12 km north of ANYANG-NI 1 Feb 51. There PW was wounded by UN small arms fire 7 Feb 51. PW platoon scattered immediately and he saw no more of them thereafter. PW then crawled down the mountain to an unidentified village approx 10 km north of ANYANG-NI and was given food and shelter for four days by a farmer.
b. Location and Activities of Units:
PW believes that the objective of the 8th Div was ANYANG-NI as of 7 Feb 51.
c. T/O & E and Strength:
2nd Rifle Regt: 3 Rifle Bn
3rd Rifle Bn: 3 Rifle Co
9th Rifle Co: 3 Rifle Plat and HMG Plat.
1st Rifle Plat: 3 Rifle Sqd
| 9th Co, 3rd Bn, 2nd Regt, 8th Div: | Original (Oct 50) | Present (7 Feb 51) |
| 2nd Regt, 8th Div: | ||
| a. Personnel: | ||
| EM | 74 | 34 |
| Officers | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 80 | 40 |
| b. Equipment & ammo: | ||
| HMG (USSR) | 4 | 4 |
| DP LMG (USSR) | 1 | 1 |
| PPSH SMG (make unk) | 4 | Unk |
| M1891/30 rifles (USSR) | 64 (50 rd ea) | 24 (150 rd ea) |
| Pistols (make unk) | 6 | 6 |
| Handgrenades | Approx 20 | approx 20 |
The above losses of man and equipment were a result of 40 Em having been dispatched to INCH’ON (RS 9149) to pick up rice for the 8th Division’s 2nd Regt while the regiment was at YONGDUNGP’O during the latter part of Jan 51. As of 7 Feb 51, these 40 EM had not rejoined the regiment.
d. Replacements:
Approx 640 replacements joined the 8th Div (place unk) during Oct 50. Replacements were untrained recruits that were conscripted from HWANGHAE-DO Province shortly before the NKA began its retreat during Sep 50.
e. Supplies:
Personnel of the 8th Divisions’ 2nd Regt received two meals of rice and Korean pickle daily obtained by confiscating it from residents of villages through which the regiment passed.
Rifleman received 50 rounds each man and M1891/3C rifles while the 8th Division’2 2nd Regt was at CH’OSAN during Nov 50. They received an additional 100 rounds each man while the 2nd Regt was enroute from CH’OSAN to SARIWON.
f. Personalities:
CHANG, Hwa Yol, Jr Lt, Plat Ldr, 1st Plat, 9th Co, 3rd Bn.
MUN, Sang Dok, Jr Lt, Political Off, 9th Co, 3rd Bn, 2nd Regt, 8th Division.
g. Signal:
The 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regt, 8th Div has an unknown number of field telephones.
h. Morale and Battle Effectiveness:
Morale was low because the men were weary from almost constant marching and were harassed daily by UN aircraft.
i. Medical
PW noted no disease in the 8th Division’s 2nd Regt, although he knows of none of the personnel having been immunized.
The few frost bite cases received no medical treatment and were not taken off of the line. It was the policy of the 8th Div to keep men on the line until they could no longer walk. Men who could no longer walk were abandoned regardless of their illness.
j. Psychological Warfare:
PW saw leaflets dropped over an unidentified village approx 9 km north of ANYANG-NI 8 Feb 51.
The UN leaflets promised medical aid to NKA soldiers who surrender.
PW claims that the UN leaflets produced no reaction in his mind other than curiosity.
k. CCF:
PW observed an estimated 1,000 CCF infantrymen marching into SEOUL from the northern outskirts of the city during the latter part of Jan 51.
For the AC of S, G-2:
HONG
