ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3495 21 February 1951
FIELD REPORT (164 MISDI 1533) 14 February 1951
| PW NAME: | GIM, Chun Bong (林春奉) (림춘봉) (NKA) |
| RANK: | Jr Lt |
| ORGN: | V Corps, 7th Div, Sig Bn |
| DUTIES: | Telephone Maintenance Shop Chief |
| EDUCATION: | Primary School, 1½ yr |
| AGE: | 24 |
| OCCUPATION: | Telephone trouble shooter |
| ADDRESS: | PYONGAN PUKTO, YONGCHONG-GUN, SANG-MYON, HANGMU-DONG, #116 (平安北道 용천군 상면 함무동 #116) |
| DATE & PLACE OF CAPTURE: | 091400 I Feb 51 15 km NW of HOENGSONG (DS 1049) |
| INTERROGATOR: | CHS |
Although the Korean doctor at TAEJON PW Enclosure claimed PW had a common cold, while in an NKA field hospital, the doctor told him that he had abdominal typhus.
PW was in hospital between 25 Jan to 9 Feb 51.
a. Chronology:
Inducted into the 43rd Div, Reserve Div 16 Aug 50 at HAEJU (YC 3713). Received no training, and became an officer immediately because he was a telephone repairman (specialist).
Div was deactivated at HOENGSONG on 8 Jan 48. Between 8 Jan 48 to 16 Feb 50 the time was consumed in the distribution of the troops of the deactivated unit.
The 2nd Regt of Div was placed in 7th Div and one Regt was placed in 6th Div at HOENGSONG 16 Feb 50.
Travelled from HAEJU to YONGCHUNG-NI via:
| Place Departed | Date | Mode of Travel | Place Arrived | Date |
| HAEJU | Sep 50 | Marched | KOKSAN(BT9795) | Oct 50 |
| KOKSAN | Oct 50 | 〃 | HWACHON | Oct 50 |
| HWACHON | Oct 50 | 〃 | 〃HOLTONG〃(phonetic) | Nov 50 |
| HOLTONG | Nov 50 | 〃 | SUAN | Nov 50 |
| SUAN | Nov 50 | 〃 | SINNAK (BT5855) | Dec 50 |
| SINNAK | Dec 50 | 〃 | WONJU (DS 0534) | Dec 50 |
| WONJU | Dec 50 | 〃 | SAMDONG (DS7557) | Jan 51 |
| SAMDONG | Jan 51 | 〃 | YONGCHUNG-NI | 25 Jan 51 |
Captured at YONGCHUNG-NI 8 Feb 51.
Between the period 25 Jan 51 and 9 Feb 51 PW was in the field hospital at YONGCHUNG-RI due to abdominal typhus.
b. T/O & E and Strength:
Code Name of V Corps Name: TAERYONGGANG (대련강)
7th Division Code Name: 728
Signal Bn Code Name: PONGAE (번개)
6th Division Code Name: SOHAGANG (소하강)
7th Div CG Code Number: #11 (telephone number)
7th Div S/O Code Number: #15 (〃 〃)
7th Div Operation officer Code Number: #16 (telephone number)
7th Div Recon Officer Code Number: #17 (telephone number)
7th Div Signal Officer Code Number: #18 (telephone number)
Organization:
V Corps: 6th, 7th and 12th Divisions
7th Div: 51st, 52nd and 53rd Inf Regiments, Engr Bn, Signal Bn, Recon Co, Guard Plat.
Inf Regt: 3 Inf Bn, Signal Co, Guard Plat, Recon Plat
Inf Bn: 3 Rifle Co, HMG Co, 82mm Mortar Co, Signal Plat
Rifle Co: 3 Rifle Platoons
Rifle Plat: 4 Rifle Squads
Signal Bn: 4 Co, Hq Co, Wireless Co, Telephone Co, Reserve Co
Hq Company: 3 Plat (s/o Plat, wireless & telephone Plat, mechanized Plat (messengers with motorcycles). All Plat have 3 Squads per
Wireless Co: 2 Plat (Hand carry field telephone Plat and Portable telephone on truck platoon).
Platoons: 3 squads
Telephone Co: 5 Plat, (all telephone platoons, lay lines)
Platoons: 3 squads.
Reserve Co: 2 Platoons
Platoon: 3 squads.
Signal Bn: (Unit directly attached):
Maintenance Depot with Telephone Section, Wireless Section and Battery Section.
| Original (as of 16 Jan 51) | Present | |
| Rifle Company: | ||
| a. Personnel: | ||
| Off & EM | 130 | Unknown |
| b. Equipment & ammo: | ||
| M1891/30 rifles | Unknown (100 rd per) | 〃 |
| LMG | 12 (250 rd per) | 〃 |
| Grenades | 2 per person | 〃 |
| HMG Company: | ||
| a. Personnel: | ||
| Off & EM | Unknown | 〃 |
| b. Equipment & ammo: | ||
| HMG | Unknown | Unknown |
| 82mm Mortar Co: | ||
| a. Personnel: | ||
| Off & EM | Unknown | 〃 |
| b. Equipment & ammo: | ||
| 82mm Mortars | 5 (rd unk) | 〃 |
| Maintenance Depot | ||
| a. Personnel: | ||
| Telephone Section: | 1 officer (PW himself) | |
| Wireless Section: | 1 officer | |
| Battery Section: | 4 EM; 2 officers | |
| b. Equipment & ammo: | ||
| Screw drivers | 10 | Unknown |
| Plier | 8 | 〃 |
| Scissors | 7 | 〃 |
| Chiefly Russian and US field telephones were repaired. Parts were taken from broken telephones. Receivers were the most easily broken piece. | ||
| Telegraph keys were also repaired by the wireless section. | ||
| Signal Bn: | ||
| a. Personnel: | 250 | Unknown |
| b. Equipment & ammo: | ||
| Carbine (Russian & Japanese) | 200 (80 rd per) | 〃 |
| Field telephones | 40 | 〃 |
| Wire spools | 70 (500 meters) | 〃 |
| Wireless | 12 | 〃 |
| Infantry Units T/O & E was unknown to PW. He claimed that he was in the rear and only repaired telephones. | ||
c. Personalities:
LEE, Ik Song (李益松), Maj Gen, CG, 7th Division.
d. Supplies:
Ammo source and supplies were unknown. PW claimed that he was not issued a weapon.
Food was secured by the Intendance Platoon. Source was unknown.
e. Signal:
Battalion-Regiment-Division-Corps: Telephones
At the Division there was a telephone exchange.
Company - Battalion: Messengers
Telegraph was utilized between Corps - Division and Regiment.
f. Moral and Battle Effectiveness:
The morale in the Maintenance Shop was low because they lacked food and clothing.
g. Medical:
Between 25 Jan 51 to 9 Feb 51 at the YONGCHUNG-RI field hospital, PW saw 500 x men from the 7th Div with abdominal typhus.
PW received injections 3 times at the hospital which lowered the fever.
At the hospital PW saw 70 to 80 soldiers with frost bitten feet. Treatment was given to them but type of medicine was unknown.
h. Psychological Warfare:
PW surrendered to the ROK because he was sick.
PW did not see any leaflets.
For the AC of S, G-2:
HONG
