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ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 1814　12 October 1950

FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS - 1105)　10 October 1950

PW was cooperative and intelligent but poorly informed. Was in good physical condition. Reliability - good.

17 Jun 50: Inducted into the NKA at P’YONGYANG, commissioned Capt. Approx 200 licensed medial personnel were drafted into the NKA on this date and were assembled at the Central Military Hospital at P’YONGYANG. The doctors came from all the provinces in N. KOREA. The assignment of the doctors was handled by the Administration Section, Central Military Hospital.

24 Jun 50: 50 medical officers inducted 17 Jun 50 arrived P’YONGYANG and were assigned to the 11th Evacuation Hospital. Organization of the 11th Evacuation Hospital was as follows:

A. Hosptial superintendent: Col (MC)

Cultural Officer: Capt

B. Intendence Section

Chief of Section: Sr Lt

Ration Control Officer: Jr Lt

Clothing Control Officer: Jr Lt

Finance Sec Officer: Lt

Clerks - 5 EM: NCOs

C. Surgical Section No 1

Chief Surgeon: Maj (MC) Surgeon

Asst Surgeon: 3 Capts (MC) Surgeon

Head nurse: Jr Lt (Registered nurse)

Nurses: 15 NCOs (Registered nurse)

Attendant nurses: 15 NCOs - Non-registered nurses

Aid men: 5 Pvts - Trained (Extent of trng unknown)

Surgical Section No 2, 3, 4 & 5 Same as above

D. Pharmacy Section

Chief pharmacist: Capt - Licensed pharmacist

Asst pharmacist: 2 Lts - Licensed pharmacist

Clerk: NCO - no pharmaceutical background

E. Administration Section

Section chief: Lt (Registered nurse)

F. Evacuation Section

Evacuation officer: Capt (MC)

Asst Evacuation officers: 2 Lts - medical technicians

Aidmen: 5 NCOs - trained

G. Sanitation Section:

Section chief: Maj (MC)

Asst Sanitation officer: Lt - Medical technician

The hospital was assigned 5 trucks to handle all necessary transportation The primary mission was to render emergency treatment and evacuate the patients to general hospitals.

24 Jun 50 - 20 Jul 50: Remained in P’YONGYANG, The first wounded arrived on 26 Jun 50 at about 0500 hours. During this period the hospital received, treated and evacuated an estimated 5,000 wounded. PW does not know what units or what Field Hospitals the patients were evacuated from. During this period, the wounded were evacuated from the front within about 10 days.

25 Jul 50 - 15 Aug 50: Remained in SUWON. Route of travel from P’YONGYANG was via CH’ORWON, UIJONGBU and SEOUL. During this period, an estimated 5,000 wounded were received, treated and evacuated to the SEOUL University Hospital and the Severance Hospital.

16 Aug 50: Arrived TAEJON.

16 Aug 50 - 16 Sep 50: Remained at TAEJON. An estimated 10,000 wounded were received, treated and evacuated during this period. All wounded were evacuated to SEOUL by rail. There were on losses in medical personnel to date.

16 Sep 50: 11th Evacuation Hospital was divided into four separate groups to facilitate the evacuation of wounded. Sections were dispositioned at the following locations:

HYOP’CH’ON: Hqs

Intendance Section, also Pharmacy Section, 1st and 5th Surgical Sections, Sanitation Section, also Evacuation Section

KUMCH’ON: 3rd Surgical Secion

KOCH’ANG: 4th Surgical Section

HAMYANG: 2nd Surgical Section.

Since PW was assigned to the 2nd Surgical Section, he was sent to HAMYANG.

16 Sep 50-28 Sep 50: Remained at HAMYANG. An estimated 7,500 wounded were reeived during this period. All patients were received from the 27th Field Hospital which in return received the wounded from the 6th and 7th Divisions. About two-thirds of the wounded were men of the 6th Div and the remaining one-third were from the 7th Div. All patients were evacuated to NAMWON on supply trucks returning from the front. Heard that ROK civilian doctors had organized a hospital at NAMWON on supply trucks returning from the front. Heard that ROK civilian doctors had organized a hospital at NAMWON to care for the wounded. During this period, There were no communications between the detachments of the 11th Evacuation Hospital. An average of two days was required to transport the wounded from the front to the HAMYANG medical detachment.

28 Sep 50: All patients were evacuated to NAMWON since it was rumored that the 6th and 7th Divs were conducting a general withdrawal. Since there was no communication from the Hqs 11th Evacuation Hospital, the CO of the HAMYANG Medical detachment took it upon himself to order his men to withdraw. The hospital equipment and supplies were loaded on three trucks. The plan was to withdraw north ward via NAMWON, CHANGGYE-Ri, (長溪里), MUJU (茂朱), KUMSAN and TAEJON.

30 Sep 50: Arrived KUMSAN. PW’s truck developted mechanical trouble and was left while the occupants marched northward. PW became separated from the group. Enroute from HAMYANG, PW did not see any large concentration of troops.

2 Oct 50: Arrived CH’ONGSAN and was captured by ROK forces. PW did not see any large concentration of troops between KUMSAN and CH’ONGSAN.

Morale of the troops was very low because of the disorganized withdrawal of the NKA. The majority of the men desired to reach the 38˚ parallel and return to their homes. The will to fight was obviously gone.

Until 16 Sep 50, there was an abundant supply of medicines because supplies arrived from SEOUL. Some of the supplies were also procured locally. PW noticed that a large percentage of the medicine were captured supplies. After the 11th Evacuation Hospital departed TAEJON, the separate detachments received no supplies and by 28 Sep 50, the only medicine on hand was mercurichrome, sulphadicizine and a small supply of penicillin. The large number of casualties caused by napalm bombs could not be adequately treated because of the lack of burn ointment or other medicinal oils.

The only medical supplies of Russian origin were bandages, gauze and adrenalin. The narcotics used were all captured supplies. About 80% of the medicinal goods were of US manufacture and the remaining 20% were of Korean and Russian origin. After 20 Sep 50, because of the acute shortage of supplies, bandages were being reused and the wounded were given little or no medical attention.

11th Evacuation Hospital:

Name, Rank and Age: CH’OE, T’ae Ho (최태호), Col, 40

Position and remarks: CO, Graduate of HARBIN Medical School, ex-CO P’YONGYANG Central Hosp

Name, Rank and Age: YO, Ch’ang Bom (여창범), Maj

Position and remarks: 40, Surgeon

11th Evacuation Hospital: 951

On 17 Jun 50, all doctors and nurses employed by the government hospitals were drafted regardless of age or physical condition. On 15 Jun 50, the doctors were told that they were to assemble at the Health Center in P’YONGYANG for a conference. The nurses were told to assemble at the above location to receive immunization shots. Immediately after the group was assembled the doctors and nurses were loaded on trucks and taken to the Central Military Hospital in P’YONGYANG.

The group was given uniforms and without being given an interview, assigned to hospital units and transported from P’YONGYANG. The personnel were not given time to notify their families as to their whereabouts. The only persons not affected by the draft were hospital superintendents. The positions vacated by the personnel drafted on 17 Jun 50 were filled by private practitioners. Private medical practice was permitted, providing they were in business prior to 15 Aug 45 and providing the doctors worked in a national hospital one-half of every working day.

All medical students of one or more years of attendance were drafted and commissioned, I.e., one year medical student received commission as Jr Lt, two year student as Lt, etc. Interns were given the same treatment as the experienced physicians. PW believes that about 80% of the N. Korean medical personnel have been in uniform

since 17 Jun 50. The remaining 20% are obstetricians and the extremely aged.

For the Commanding Officer: