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  • ISSUE NO. 3 NO. 841 1950-08-23
    전사 무학 남성
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ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 841　31 August 1950
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS)　24 August 1950
(Ref to ATIS Rpt No. 792)

Name: SONG CHON SUNG (송전순)
Address: PYONGPUK KUSON GUN, SOSAN MYON PYONJIRI
Age: 28 years
Rank: Private
Duty: Rifleman
Education: None
Previous Occupation: Farmer
Length of Service: 7 July 50 to 23 August 50
Military Unit: 4th Division, 18th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 6th Company, 1st Platoon, 3rd Squad.
Date of Capture: 23 August 50
Circumstance of Capture: Prisoner surrendered to the South Korean Army at the village at DESAN, located two km south of the confluence of the NAKTONG and NAM River.
Interrogator: KOGA (FEAF) (Rpt No. 170)


Identification of Unit and Commanding Officers:
UnitNameRankPersonal History
Division - 4th   
Division - 18th   
Battalion - 2ndKIM (FNU)  
Company - 6thLEE (FNU)LtPW heard he received military training at MANCHURIA.
Platoon - 1stHYONG (FNU)Jr. LtPW heard he received military training at MANCHURIA.
Squad - 3rdKIM (FNU)SgtKilled in action on the 14 August, 50 at YOUNGSAN.


Table of Organization and Equipment:
UnitsAuthorizedPresent
 PersonnelEquipmentPersonnelEquipment
Division, 4th    
Regiment, 18th    
Battalion, 2nd    
Company, 6th250 6, DP LMG2003, DP LMG
  10, PPSH M1941 tommy guns  
  5, Maxim HMG M1910  
  3, 14.5mm PTRD-41  
  1, UNA F-31 Field Telephone  
  F-1 defensive hand-grenade (2 per person)  
  38, Japanese rifles  
Platoon, 1st301, DP LMG15 
  F-1 defensive hand-grenade (2 per person)  
Squad, 3rd838, Japanese rifles6 
  F-1 defensive hand-grenade (2 per person)  


Training: Approximately fifty percent of the personnel in the 6th Company have received more than three years of military training at Manchuria, the remaining fifty percent have had seven months to loss than one year of basic training.

Movements:
ArrivalPlaceDepartureMeans of TransportationEvents
 SINUIJU7 Jul 50Train1,000 recruits and a 2nd Lt departed southward.
12 July 1950KYONGSONG12 Jul 50Foot 
18 Jufy 1950TAEJON19 Jul 50Foot 
23 July 1950YONGDONG24 Jul 50Foot500 recruits of the 1,000 that left SINUIJU were assigned to Regt and 60 to the 6th Co.
27 July 1950KUMCHON28 Jul 50FootAttacked by F-80’s, 6 killed 2 wounded
31 July 1950KOCHANG1 Aug 50FootAttack by F-80’s, no damage
2 August 1950HYOPCHON5 Aug 50Foot 
14 August 1950YONGSAN16 Aug 50FootAttacked by US troops, 2 HMG destroyed and 60 men killed. On 17 Aug he deserted his unit after dark and roamed in the vicinity of the NAK-TONG River to the SW for 2 days, then he swam across the river and was caught.


Mission:
The mission of the 6th Company was to capture MASAN, then PUSAN.

Location of Unit:
The 6th Company was believed to be located on a hill 15 km south-southeast of YONGSAN and 4 km north-northeast of the confluence of the NAKTONG and NAM River.

Supplies:
Staple foods, such as rice and vegetables were confiscated from occupied areas, sometimes North Korean certificates and money were given to farmers in exchange.

Foreign Elements:
Two Russian officers were observed at the Pyongyang railroad station,

Condition of Terrain Behind His Line:
The roads were badly destroyed. Many small and large bomb raters were observed.
The railroads just south of the 38th parallel were badly destroyed by aircraft bombing.
The bridges were destroyed by aircraft bombing and demolition.

Anti-South Korean Propaganda:
If any North Koreans are captured, they will be killed without trial by the invading capitalist troops.
The South Korean Government has been removed to Japan, because the North Korean guerillas have done such a wonderful job. Also the people have taken interest in the People’s Democratic Government introduced from the North.

Supply Dumps:
Two provision warehouses, each measuring 50 m by 10 m by 10 m high, with gable galvanized iron roof, were located 1 km north from the point 2 km west of CHONGJU and KWASAN railroad station. A board fence, approximately 2 m high, enclosed the warehouses,

Miscellaneous:
Prisoner heard the 16th Regiment was fighting somewhere North of TAEGU.
The Japanese rifle they issued to him was old and rusty.

American PW’s:
On the 13th of July 1950, prisoner observed five GI’s sitting at the SEOUL railroad station. There was only one guard. Their hands were not tied. Unit Commanders have ordered their troops to take prisoners and send them to the rear headquarters. After the war, prisoners were to be ransomed.

Signed: TARKENTON/WALKER

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