ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3747 2 March 1951
FIELD REPORT (164 MISDI 1608) 27 February 1951
| PW NAME: | PAK, Chung Ch'an (朴曾燦) (박증찬) (NKA) |
| RANK: | Pvt |
| ORGANIZATION: | III Corps, 1st Div, Signal Bn, 3rd Co, 1st Plat, 2nd Sqd |
| DUTIES: | Telephone Wireman |
| EDUCATION: | Primary School (6 years) |
| AGE: | 18 |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| ADDRESS: | KANGWON DO, YANGYANG GUN, SONYANG MYON, TOHWA RI (江原道 襄陽郡 巽陽面 桃花里) |
| DATE & PLACE OF CAPTURE: | 22 Feb 51 at 2½ miles NNW of YONGDONG NI (DS2559) (extracted from PW Tag) |
| INTERROGATOR: | TMO |
| INTERROGATED AT: | HAYANG (DQ8374) |
PW deserted his unit to surrender before his division reached the front.
Information limited but seems fairly reliable.
a. Personal and Unit History.
Conscripted 1 Oct 50, at WONSAN and assigned to the newly activated 42nd Div, Signal Bn for training.
3 Oct 50, 42nd Division retreated to MANPOJIN (BA7259), arriving o/a 1 Nov 50. 1 Nov 50 the 42nd Division which was intact, having never been in combat, was redesignated as the NK 1st Division at MANPOJIN. 42nd Division redesignated as 1st Division because 1st Division was annihilated in South KOREA. Newly designated 1st Division received no new troops there.
Between 1 Nov 50 to 2 Dec 50, 1st Division underwent training.
Following is the route of march of 1st Division from MANPOJIN (2 Dec 50) to the PW place of capture:
| DEPARTED | DATE | MODE OF TRAVEL | ARRIVED | DATE |
| MANPOJIN | 2 Dec 50 | Marched | KANGGYE (BA 9837) | Unk |
| KANGGYE | Unk | Marched | HAMHUNG (CV 7517) | Unk |
| HAMHUNG | Unk | Marched | WONSAN (CU 6634) | Unk |
| WONSAN | Unk | Marched | HOEYANG (CT 7285) | Unk |
| HOEYANG | Unk | Marched | KUMHWA (CT 6538) | Unk |
| KUMHWA | 1 Feb 50 | Marched | HWACHON (CT 8717) | Unk |
| HWACHON | Unk | Marched | HONGCHON (DS 1372) | Unk |
| HONGCHON | Unk | Marched | PYONGCHAN (DS 4535) | Unk |
| PYONGCHAN | Unk | Marched | 2½ miles NNW of YONGDONG NI (DS 2559) | 18 Feb 50 |
19 Feb 51, deserted his unit to surrender to UN forces.
b. Location and Activities of Units:
19 Feb 51 1st Division Hq was located 14 Km south of PYONGCHANG (DS 4535) adjacent to the main highway.
19 Feb 51, Division Headquarters received orders to retreat 40 Km north. The area to which it moved is unknown.
c. T/O & E and Strength:
III Corps: 1st Division and other unidentified Divisions.
1st Division: 2nd, 14th, and 3rd Rifle Regiments, Engineer Bn, Signal Bn and other unknown units.
| 1st Platoon (Signal) | Original(1 Oct 50) | Present (22 Feb 51) |
| EM | 19 | 18 |
| Officer | 1 | 1 |
| Equipment and ammo: | ||
| Rifles (M1891/30) | 19 (100-120 rd ea) | 18 (100-120 rd ea) |
| Pistol (Tokarev) | 1 | 1 |
| Field Phones TAM (Russ) | 3 | 3 |
| Wire | 5 Km | 5 Km |
| Grenades | 1 or 2 per man | 1 or 2 per man |
| 3rd Company | ||
| EM | 95 | 94 |
| Officers | 7 | 7 |
| Signal Battalion, 1st Div, II Corps | ||
| EM | 380 | 374 |
| Officers | 30 | 30 |
| Equipment and ammo: | ||
| Wireless Sets (Russ) | 5 or 6 | 5 or 6 |
e. Personalities:
KIM, In Pom (김임범)
Sr Lt, Co CO, 3rd Co, Signal Bn, 1st Division
LEE, Yon Pom (리연범)
Jr Lt, Plat Ldr, 1st Plat, 3rd Co, Signal Bn, 1st Division
f. Food, Ammo and Other Supplies:
1st Division Headquarters did not maintain food supply storaged. Food was confiscated from nearby villages.
When departing MANPOJIN, each rifleman was issued between 100 to 120 rounds of s/a ammo. Up to the date of capture, 1st Division did not receive fresh supplies of ammo.
g. Morale and Battle Effectiveness:
Morale in PW Battalion (Signal Battalion) was very low. Most of the troops do not have the will to fight because:
(1) Lack of food
(2) Fatigue from carrying heavy loads over long marches.
(3) Most of the troops were too old for military service (ages of troops in PW Battalion ranged 34 to 43).
h. Medical:
PW knew of cases of sickness in his battalion: typhus (4 cases in battalion); and pneumonia (4 or 5 cases in battalion). No immunizations.
There were no frost bite and frozen feet cases in the PW Battalion.
i. Psychological Warfare:
PW did not see UN propaganda leaflets.
Deserted his unit to surrender because PW father was a MYON Chief (MYON CHANG) under Japanese government, and when the communists assumed control of North KOREA, his home and his family was left in poverty. 10 May 48, PW mother, older brother, and relatives escaped from North KOREA by water into South KOREA. PW, his father, and his brother's wife were not able to escape because of the lack of space, and, consequently, were planning to escape by land across the 38th parallel. However, their plans were thwarted by the 38th parallel being too heavily guarded.
For the AC of S, G-2:
HONG
