ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3683 1 March 1951
FIELD REPORT (164 MISDI - 1565) 19 February 1951
| PW NAME: | SHIH, Ying Sheng (石■生) (CCF) |
| RANK: | Pvt (战土) |
| ORGANIZATION: | CCF 4th Field Army, 39th Army 116th Div, 346th Regt, 1st Bn, 2nd Co, 1st Plat, 1st Sqd. |
| DUTIES: | Rifleman |
| EDUCATION: | 3 years |
| AGE: | 23 |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| ADDRESS: | CHILIN SHENG, NUNGAN HSIEN, TAIPING CHIAO (吉林生 農安縣 太平橋) |
| DATE AND PLACE OF CAPTURE: | 151730 I Feb 51 in the KWANGJU (CS 4049) area. |
| INTERROGATOR: | GNY |
Cooperative and talked freely.
Information seems reliable.
a. Chronology:
PW was inducted into the CNA 20 May 47 at TIENCHIN (天津).
15 Nov 49, 207th Div, 50th Army, surrendered to the CCF at KUANG TUNG (広東). The following day the 207th Div was integrated into the CCF 39th Army and was redesignated the 116th Div. Remained at KUANG TUNG for approx one month and then marched to TATANG (■塘), arriving 15 days later. 15 Jan 50, the 39th Army departed; some of its units by rail, and the others marched. 116th Division was one that marched and it rejoined the 39th Army at LIAOTUNG SHENG (遼東省) approx 40 days later. Here, the 116th Div underwent advanced training until 7 Sep 50.
8 Sep 50, departed by rail to ANTUNG (安東), arriving o/a 14 Sep 50.
Div detrained and recuperated for a day and then marched across the YALU River, arriving SINUIJU (XE 1839) 16 Sep 50. The 116th Div was the advance unit of the 39th Army to enter KOREA. Div then moved to approx 8 Km SE of SINUIJU until the rest of the 39th Army arrived. Here, the PW heard from his company commander that the 39th Army included 1 Tank Unit, with tanks equivalent to US medium tanks. PW, however, did not observe any tanks from that date till the day of capture.
O/a 30 Sep 50, departed with the 39th Army southward, via mountain routes (marching only at night and hiding during the day), arriving at hill #914 approx 40 Km North of SEOUL o/a 27 Dec 50. Here, the 39th Army engaged UN forces for a day and then marched toward SEOUL. The 39th Army suffered heavy casualties in this engagement; 70 men from the PW company were casualties.
Arrived at SEOUL o/a 8 Jan 51, PW departed with the 116th Div north-westward to a small village approx 24 Km from SEOUL: other units of the 39th Army were dispersed in small villages in the vicinity of SEOUL. Arrived at the village after a night of walking.
6 Feb 51, the Div celebrated the Chinese New Year; also, the entire div was supplied with new issues of ammo and winter boats, but received no replacements.
11 Feb 51, departed south-eastward, arriving in the vicinity of KWANGJU (CS 4049) 150300 I Feb 51. Heard from his company commander that the 39th Army was to start a new offensive from this area in the very near future.
150400 I Feb 51, UN forces counter-attacked in this area and after a few hours the 116th Div retreated.
During this retreat, PW deserted and surrendered.
b. T/O & E and Strength:
4th Field Army: 38th Army, 39th Army, 40th Army, 41st Army, 42nd Army, 50th Army and other armies
39th Army (Code: #55 PU): 115th, 116th, & 117th Div and other units.
116th Division (Code: 2nd TA TUI): 346th, 347th, & 348th Regt, 1 Guard Bn, 1 Med Co, and other units.
346th Regt (Code: 4th CHITUI): 3 Inf Bn, 1 Sig Plat, 1 45 mm AT Gun Co, and other units.
1st Bn (Code: CHU TUI): 3 Rifle Co, 1 HMG Co.
2nd Co: 3 Rifle Plat
1st Plat: 3 Rifle Sqd
| 1st Plat: | Original (30 Sep 50) | Present (15 Feb 51) |
| EM | 45 | 30 |
| Officers | 2 | 2 |
| Equipment & Ammo | ||
| LMG (Canadian) | 2 (2,000 rd ea) | 2 (1,000 rd ea) |
| SMG (US) | 2 (150 rd ea) | 2 (150 rd ea) |
| M1891/30 Rifles | 20 (100 rd ea) | 20 (100 rd ea) |
| Grenades (Jap) | 4 per man | 4 per man |
| 2nd Co: | ||
| EM | 210 | 110 |
| Officers | 10 | 10 |
| Equipment & Ammo | ||
| 60 mm Mortars (US) | 2 (rd unk) | 2 (25 rd ea) |
| 1st Bn: | ||
| EM & Officers | approx 900 | approx 500 |
| Equipment & Ammo | ||
| HMG | 5 (rd unk) | 5 (rd unk) |
| 81 mm Mortars | 4 (rd unk) | 4 (rd unk) |
c. Replacements:
116th Div received only officers replacements. As soon as an officer vacancy existed, (from casualty or inefficiency) a replacement was brought in immediately.
d. Food and Ammo Supplies:
Food was obtained through confiscation; PW received 1 kg of rice and some pickled vegetables daily. 5 Feb 51, the 116th Div was supplied with a new issue of ammo at a small village approx 24 Km NW of SEOUL. The supply consisted of rifle and machine gun ammo, grenades, dynamite, and mortar shells. 3 Trucks (Jap & US) were used to haul the ammo; trucks traveled only at night without lights and were concealed during the day.
e. Signal:
Bn and higher echelon units used telephones; lower echelons used runners. Bugle calls were also used for revielle, assembly, and such when the unit was in rear areas.
f. Morale:
Morale of the troops was low because of restless days and also because of the high casualties.
g. PW:
Observed 3 American PW in the vicinity of KWANGJU (CS4049) 14 Feb 51. These PW appeared clean shaved, and wore trench coats, shoe pacs and pile caps. Heard from other CCF soldiers that the Americans received twice as many rations as they. They did not appear to have undergone rough treatment. Also heard that these PW were to be moved to the rear.
h. Medical:
Approx 50% of the 2nd Co troops, 1st Bn, 346th Regt, 116th Div were suffering from malaria. Patients were given yellow pills, two every 12 hr, until symptoms disappeared. When the patient was just about cured, another man seemed to contract this illness. Serious cases were evacuated to hospitals in the rear.
There were a few minor cases of frostbite and frozen feet, patients were treated immediately by unit medics.
i. Psychological Warfare:
Voluntarily surrendered because he was sick from Malaria and had no desire to fight any longer.
Did see leaflets. The leaflets stated that this war was not for the CCF for they will not gain anything if they prolonged it, except to be killed or suffer. It also stated that the PW would receive good treatment and food if he surrendered.
After reading this PW intended to surrender. The majority of the soldiers also intended to surrender.
For the AC of S, G-2:
HONG
