ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3629 27 February 1951
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS S.R. 022) 15 February 1951
| PW NAME: | YU, Hsin Hai (亍新海) |
| PW NUMBER: | 63 NK 700377 |
| RANK: | Pvt (戰士) |
| AGE: | 23 |
| DUTY: | Medical Aid Man |
| UNIT: | CCF 4th Field Army, 39th Army, 116th Div, 348th Regt, 1st Bn, 2nd Co Hq |
| EDUCATION: | 4 yr Primary School |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| PLACE OF CAPTURE: | KORANGP’O-RI (高浪浦里) |
| DATE OF CAPTURE: | 24 Dec 50 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH: | MANCHURIA, LIAOTUNG-SHENG, KAIPING-HSIEN, LIUHOCHAI-TSUN (滿州 遼東省 蓋平縣 柳河塞村) |
| HOME ADDRESS: | Same as above |
| INTERROGATOR: | Pvt KIM (ATIS) |
Unintelligent. Reliability - Poor.
a. Marched over trails.
b. Unit moved in single file. Runners and mounted men were used between columns.
c. 10 minutes halt was held for every hour.
a. Trench, 7 ft long, 5 ft wide, 4 ft deep, covered with 1 ft thick dirt was made during 0400 to 0600. It was used during daylight hours.
b. No specific camouflage measures were taken in bivouac area.
Japanese-made “BANGALORE TORPEDO” was one of the antitank weapons.
Received 6 months political training.
a. Typhoid vaccine and tetanus toxoid were administered to all CCF soldiers Sep 50.
b. 10 frostbites and 2 frozen feet cases have occurred in PW unit.
PW was a medical aid man of the 2nd Co, 1st Bn, 348th Regt. Medical training given to medical aid men from Jul 50 to Sep 50 at HAICHENG-HSIEN (海城縣), LIAOSHI-SHENG (遼西省), MANCHURIA. Approx 80 men were trained by two medical officers at 348th Regt Hq, 116th Div.
Lessons were given in pharmacy, first aid and treatment of wounds. PW studied the nature and uses of the following pharmaceutical items:
SULFADIAZINE (硝化米定)
MERCUROCHROME (紅汞)
PHENOL (石炭酸)
TINCTURE OF IODINE (碘订)
ALCOHOL (酒精)
CRESOLE (朱■而)
GENTIAN (龍■子)
BORIC OINTMENT (硼酸軟膏)
BORIC ACID (硼酸)
ACID, SALICYLIC (柳酸)
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE (P.P. 過锰酸甲)
PETROLEUM (VASOLINE) GAUZE (凡士林紗布)
ASPIRIN (阿期匹林)
PENICILLIN (非邦昔订)
SULFAGUANIDIENE (蘇订)
OPIUM (鴨片订)
DISTILLED WATER (意救水)
COUGH MEDICINE; PERTUSSIN (止咳片)
QUININE (■條平)
POTASSIUM CHLORATE (■酸奎林)
MORPHINE (吗啡)
COPPER SULPHATE (硫酸铜)
SULPHURIC ACID (硫酸)
EYE MEDICINE (OINTMENT) (黃將汞軟膏)(糖奎林)
PW not acquainted with medical terms. 2 Nov 50, the CCF 116th Div was attacked by the US ground forces at UNSAN (雲山), KOREA. In this defensive engagement, the 116th Div suffered heavy casualties in personnel and equipment. The casualty breakdown was as follows:
10% - Slight wound.
20% - Serious wound.
30% - Dead.
No medical aids were given because of the shortage of medicine and medical personnel.
Casualty lists and medicinal consumption lists were prepared at the end of each battle. (See chart 1, sample forms “A” and “B”.)
SAMPLE FORM “A” CASUALTY LIST
SAMPLE FORM “B” MEDICAL CONSUMPTION LIST
CCF military discipline was well-maintained in KOREA for the troops well-understood the strict orders given them in CHINA.
Violators of the following regulations were executed under the provisions of CCF military law.
a. To obey and execute orders.
b. Not to molest or destroy private property.
c. To return captured weapons and equipment to the Chinese People’s Republic Government.
d. To treat all civilians courteously.
e. To pay for all purchases at civilian prices.
f. To repay all obligations at once.
g. To compensate for all government or civilian property destroyed.
h. Not to strike or abuse any person.
i. Not to damage any agricultural products.
j. Not to molest women. Any person who committed rape may be killed by his discoverer.
k. Any person involved in any way in the mistreatment and killing of US, ROKA and other UN PW will be executed.
The attitude of Korean civilians toward the Chinese was uncooperative.
Korean civilians were used as road guides by the CCF.
For the Commanding Officer:
ROBINSON
