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HAM Sang Hyon 이미지뷰어 새창

  • ISSUE NO. 6 NO. 1181 1950-09-15
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ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 1181　19 September 1950
FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS - 0810)　18 September 1950

1. PERSONAL DETAILS:
PW NAME: HAM Sang Hyon (咸相鉉) (함상현)
PW NUMBER: 63 NK 4025
RANK: Pvt (戰士)
AGE: 30
DUTY: Rifleman
UNIT: 7th Div (Code No. 703), 3rd Regt, 3rd Bn, 7th Co, 2nd Plt, 1st Sqd
EDUCATION: Middle School 5 yrs
OCCUPATION: Office worker (SINUIJU Shipyard)
PLACE OF CAPTURE: 1143-1379
DATE OF CAPTURE: 151500 Sep 50
PLACE OF BIRTH: P'YONGAN PUKTO, YONGCH'ON GUN, YONGAMP'O MYON, DOKPONG NI #147 (平安北道 龍川郡 龍岩浦面 德坪里 147)
HOME ADDRESS: P'YONGAN PUKTO, SINUIJU City, CH’AEHA RI #29 (平安北道 新義州市 彩霞里 二九番地)
INTERROGATOR: Sfc INOMOTO (ATIS)


2. ASSESSMENT:
PW not very intelligent and had only limited information. The 7th Div Code number was disclosed by PW's company CO at SINUIJU. PW not recommended for further interrogation.

3. TACTICAL INFORMATION:
Chronology:
3 Jul 50: An estimated 200 N Korean youths, including PW were inducted at SINUIJU (新義州). Upon passing physical examination, these conscripts were transported by rail to HAEJU (海州) and assigned to the newly activated 7th Div. PW was assigned to 3rd Bn, 3rd Regt. Strength of 3rd Bn, at this date was 800 officers and EM. 1st and 2nd Bns were probably of equal size. PW had never heard of the existence of either a 1st Regt or a 2nd Regt as being component parts of the 7th Div. Training was brief, and followed the normal NKPA's basic infantry courses.
30 Jul 50: 3rd Regt, armed only with Russian rifles, SMG's, LMG's and a limited supply of ammunition, departed HAEJU by rail.
o/a 7 Aug 50: 3rd Regt arrived SEOUL via SARIWON (沙里院), SINMAK (新幕), KAESONG (開城). At no point between HAEJU and SEOUL, was the rail line damaged or disconnected.
o/a 9 Aug 50: 3rd Bn marched from SEOUL to CH'ONAN (天安).
o/a 20 Aug 50: 3rd Bn departed CH'ONAN by trucks. 1st and 2nd Bns probably shuttled by trucks after 3rd Bn's departure.
o/a 24 Aug 50: 3rd Bn detrucked at CHINJU. PW recalls passing TAEJON and CHONJU (全州) in 3rd Bn's motor movement south. All large bridges between CH'ONAN and CHINJU were demolished, however, by-passes constructed at all such points, allowed vehicular traffic and probably are capable of serving armored traffic.
o/a 26 Aug 50: 3rd Bn marched from CHINJU to SACH’ON (泗川). 3rd Bn received 3 x HMG’s at CHlNJU. Mission of 3rd Bn was to defend the coastline at SAC'HON against any UN amphibious attacks. PW heard from his sqd ldr, at this time, that the lst Bn had been detached from 3rd Regt, 7th Div at SEOUL, and was fighting in the T'AEGU sector. Disposition of the 2nd Bn was not learned, however, PW heard rumors to the effect that 2nd Bn was being utilized somewhere, other than the CHINJU sector.
o/a 27 Aug 50: 3rd Bn arrived small village one or two km S of SACH’ON. Two to three squads were detailed to construct machine gun emplacements for 3rd Bn's 3 x HMG's. Positions were to be dug on high ground just E of above-mentioned village and approx 1 km inshore. Defensive preparations were hardly underway when 3rd Bn was spotted by UN reconnaissance planes. 3rd Bn was, immediately thereafter subjected to intensive UN naval bombardment. Casualties were very light.
o/a 28 Aug 50: 3rd Bn was ordered to abandon position and return north. 3rd Bn marched NE towards HAMAN as a reserve battalion.
o/a 6 Sep 50: 3rd Bn committed to the lines somewhere W of HAMAN. Immediately after taking up positions on a fairly high mountain, 3rd Bn was completely encircled by tank-supported US infantry.
o/a 7 Sep 50: An estimated 40 men managed to escape, and reached high ground on the E bank of the NAM River. PW was uncertain of exact location, however, heard from a friend that they were in T'AESAN MYON (大山面). A Jr Lt who was the ranking officer, ordered the 40 men to hold the hill at all coat, threatening to kill anyone who attempted to retreat. Hill was under constant US artillery barrage which greatly affected the morale of the men.
o/a 15 Sep 50: US tank-supported infantry overran the hill, meeting no resistance. PW and 14 others captured by F Co, 35th RCT. The fate of the remainder of 3rd Bn, unknown.


Last known composition of unit:
o/a 6 Sep 50 3rd Bn, 3rd Regt, 7th Div strength approx 600. Equipment 4 x MAXIM HMG, 15 x DP LMG.

4. GENERAL:
l. No tanks observed in the CHINJU-HAMAN sector.
2. During PW's service in the 7th Div, no immunization shots were given.
3. There was an outbreak of cholera among the civilian population of SINUIJU, Jul 49. Details unknown.
4. Food prices, Jul 50 (N KOREA):
Rice - ½ bushel (1 large 'MAL') - 800 won
Millet - ½ bushel (1 large 'MAL') - 400 won
Corn - ½ bushel (1 large 'MAL') - 300 won
Salt - Approx 15 kg (1 large 'MAL') - 300 won
5. No Red Cross insignia on any of the NKPA hospitals observed by PW prior to and after the outbreak of hostilities.

For the Commanding Officer:

WEELDREYER

Executive

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