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CH’OE Yong Su 이미지뷰어 새창

  • ISSUE NO. 6 NO. 1175 1950-09-15
    전사 초등교육 남성
ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 1175 19 September 1950
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS - 0804) 18 September 1950

1. PERSONAL DETAILS:
PW NAME: CH’OE Yong Su (崔溶洙) (최용수)
PW NUMBER: 63 NK 4066
RANK: Pvt (戰士) (S Korean conscripted into N Korean Amy)
AGE: 19
DUTY: Rifleman
UNIT: 7th Div, 3rd Regt, 3rd Bn, 7th Co, 1st Plt, 1st Sqd
EDUCATION: Primary School Grad (6 yrs)
OCCUPATION: Farmer
PLACE OF CAPTURE: 1141-1381
DATE OF CAPTURE: 15 Sep 50
PLACE OF BIRTH: CHOLLA NAMDO, KWANGSAN GUN, SOPANG MYON, SINANNI, #298 (全羅南道 光山郡 瑞坊面 新安里 二九八)
HOME ADDRESS: Same as place of birth
INTERROGATOR: Cpl HORISHIGE (ATIS)


2. ASSESSMENT:
PW was cooperative and his information seemed fairly reliable. PW was a replacement and was captured about a week after he was assigned to his unit. Therefore, he had very little information. Not recommended for further interrogation,

3. TACTICAL INFORMATION:
Chronology:
8 Aug 50: PW was inducted at KWANGJU (光州). Approx 300 S Koreans including PW received 20 days basic training at SOGOK MYON (石谷面) Primary School which is located approx 2 km W of KWANGJU.
30 Aug 50: The 300 men departed KWANGJU.
o/a 5 Sep 50: The 300 men reached 20 km NW of CHINJU (晋州) via TANYANG (湍陽) and NAMWON (南原).
o/a 7 Sep 50: The 300 men reached H of HAMAN (咸安) (distance unknown). Here they were distributed to various units in the 7th Div. About 70 men including PW were assigned to the 3rd Bn, 3rd Regt as replacements.
o/a 10 Sep 50: The 3rd Bn was in the hills at 1141-1381. Here, the replacements received M1891/30 rifles and 10 rounds of ammunition per man. The troops could not come out from their fox holes, because of UN aircraft.
15 Sep 50: Approx 15 US troops attacked the hill which PW and about 20 others were defending. About 15 men among the 20 N Korean troops threw down their weapons and surrendered to the US troops. The other 5 men who fired upon the US troops were killed.


Last known composition of unit: (PW only knew about his company)
7th Co strength was 60 men, including the replacements, when PW joined it o/a 7 Sep 50. Among the 60 men, 15 surrendered to the US troops and 5 were killed. PW did not know what happened to the rest.

Morale and propaganda:
Morale of the troops was very low due to shortage of food. PW stated that the 15 men surrendered to the US troops after reading surrender leaflets.

4. GENERAL:
North Korean Currency: One N Korean WON equals 10 S Korean WON.

For the Commanding Officer:

WEELDREYER

Executive

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