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ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3616　27 February 1951

FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS SPECIAL REPORT 022)　15 February 1951

Cooperative but unintelligent; judgement of distance and observation poor. Reliability - Fair. Health Condition - Good, but suffering from frostbite.

a. Companies generally march with a file along each side of the road. While marching on highways, three riflemen assigned as point approx 50m ahead of the body. These three men march in a triangular formation with two men in front and the third man immediately behind. There are no flank or rear guards.

When attacked by the enemy ground forces, they would disperse along the highway. When attacked by enemy planes, they would fall prone on the ground along the highway until the attack is over. They seldom offer any resistance since they usually are not equipped with antiaircraft weapons.

When marching the hills, these riflemen are also assigned as point approx 25 meters ahead. There are no flank or rear guards. But when marching in the hills, the company assistant political officer usually walks alone behind the body at an approximate distance of 25m. He is armed with a pistol.

In case of being attacked by aircrafts while marching in the hills, they double time and will not stop to dress the wounded. They seldom give resistance on account of the lack of antiaircraft weapons. When attacked by enemy ground forces while marching in the hills, they would disperse immediately.

PW does not know what measures his unit would take in case of an attack by enemy tanks since he has not experienced in such a situation. All he knows is that they would disperse to take cover when attacked by tanks since they do not carry antitank weapons.

b. Troops never march during the day for fear of enemy air attacks. They march any time between 1700 and 0700 the next morning. The enemy air attacks have become such a threat to them that the PW is still frightened by the mere sound of approaching aircraft today.

c. Troops always travel on highways or roads. Very seldom do they travel on trails except when they are going into the hilly area for bivouac. This usually occurs just before sunrise.

d. Troops usually march in two files except when marching on the mountain trails.

Runners are used in delivering messages between companies and battalions even on the march. In the case of delivering messages between platoons on the march, the platoon leader would ordinarily give the message to his assistant platoon leader who would then deliver the message to the other platoon leader.

e. There is no rest period during a night’s march. Troops are not permitted to talk or smoke. The only time the march would come to a halt is when something has happened ahead of the road or for some other reasons which the troops are never told. Such stops would last for about twenty minutes at the most. Even during such a stop, troops are not permitted to smoke, talk or sit down.

It is a common practice for a soldier to urinate while walking. No special guards are posted during stops.

a. In preparation for camping for the night, each man is to dig a fox-hole big enough for himself to sleep in, which is usually about six feet long, two feet wide and two feet deep. Very often a fox-hole is dug big enough for two, or three and even four men.

b. Each platoon usually provides one sentry while in bivouac. Sentries are usually changed every hour.

Generally, there are no other security measures taken against enemy ground, tank or air attacks. The posting of sentries are the only security measure taken. They are posted along the edges of the bivouac area and there usually is a man at each point.

The bivouac areas are usually located half way up along the ridges of the hills. Sometimes when necessary, they bivouac in the fields. They cover themselves with tree leaves or branches or dirt according to surroundings.

c. The troops are fed one to two meals a day. The meal time is between 0500 - 0700 and 1700 - 1900. When there is only one meal a day, it is usually given between 1400 - 1500. Sometimes no meal is given during the whole day.

They are fed on whatever they could get, such as rice, various kinds of beans and potatoes, etc., out of the people who live in the vicinity of the bivouac areas.

Meals are prepared in civilian houses whenever practicable and then delivered to the troops in the bivouac areas.

Troops usually assemble on highways near the bivouac areas approximately two hours prior to the time of attack. In launching the attack, they would move out in company strength in a line formation with three scouts moving approximately 50m in front of the formation. The distance between companies while advancing is approximately 150m.

PW knows only this formation which he has been taught. He knows no other formations since he has had no actual combat experience in KOREA.

a. PW was captured by the CCF sometime in Oct 50 in SSUCHUAN-SHENG (四川), CHINA. He has never been given any sort of training whatsoever since his capture. In fact, he has never fired one round of ammo since his capture by the CCF. Therefore, he is not at all familiar with the CCF tactics and trainings since he has never been taught of any.

PW was never given any immunization in the CCF. PW believes 50% of the CCF suffers frostbite or frozen feet. He himself suffers from frostbite.

As to how the sick and wounded are cared for PW knows only that they would be left behind. He does not know as to whether they will be evacuated to the rear for treatments.

Troops do not get punished for taking food or articles from the Korean civilians since their officers frequently do so themselves. However, any soldier found guilty of rape, is punished by death.

As a whole, the Korean civilians do not like the CCF on account of their bad behavior such as taking things away from them.

PW does not know of any incident whereby Korean civilians are used by the CCF for any kind of work.

For the Commanding Officer: