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ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3157　5 February 1951

FIELD REPORT (164 MISDI - 1402)　22 January 1951

PW appeared in ragged clothing but in good physical condition. He was cooperative but lacked info about Arty. This unit was designated the Arty Regt but lost all of its guns during Sep NKA retreat. PW joined unit on 23 Nov 50. Therefore interrogation on Arty was impossible. Info fairly reliable.

II Corps composed of 2nd, 6th and 10th Divs.

10th Division composed of 25th, 27th and 29th Regts and Arty Regt, Sig Bn, Eng Bn, Med Bn, 45mm AT Gun Bn, Recon Co, Supply Co, Guard Co, and Service Company

Arty Regt composed of 3 Arty Bns, Hqs Btry and Supply Btry.

2nd Arty Bn had 3 Arty Btry’s, Hqs Btry and Supply Squad.

Each Arty Btry composed of Hq and 2 Plats.

Each Plat had 2 Sqds.

2nd Plat, 4th Btry|original (25 Nov 50|present (17 Jan 51)

Personnel:

EM|20|3

Officer|1|1

Total|21|4

Equipment and Ammo:

M1891/30 Rifles|18 (50 rds ea)|2 (50 rds ea)

SMGs|3 (150 rds ea)|2 (150 rds ea)

Grenades|1 per man|Unk

4th Btry, 2nd Bn

Personnel:

EM|70|40

Officers|5|3

Total|75|43

Equipment and Ammo:

HMG|1 (1000 rds ea)|1

LMG|1 (500 rds ea)|0

14.5mm AT gun|1 (60 rds ea)|1 (57 rds ea)

Pistols|1 (16 rds ea)|7 (16 rds ea)

2nd Bn, Arty Regt|original (25 Nov 50)|present (17 Jan 51)

Personnel:

EM|250|200 (approx)

Officers|22|15

Total|272|215 (approx)

Arty Regt

Personnel:

EM and Officers|1,000|750

II Corps mission was to infiltrate UN forces lines and engage in guerrilla warfare.

PW conscripted 8 Aug 50 at YANGGU (DT 1018) into Guard Company of I Corps.

1 Sep 50, PW travelled by foot and vehicle with Guard Company to SARIWON (沙里院), arriving in mid Sep 50.

o/a 20 Sep 50, when NKA started to retreat, PW deserted and started for his home in YANGGU over mountain trails.

o/a 10 Nov 50, PW was apprehended at HOEYANG (CT 7885). From there PW was taken to HWACHANG (BU 8547), arriving o/a 23 Nov 50. There PW was assigned to Arty Regt of 10th Div. Unit was designated as an Arty Regt, however, it had lost all of its guns during retreat from south.

At HWACHANG Arty Regt engaged UN forces for about a month and o/a 25 Dec 50 started moving south. This unit took only mountain trails, encountered no UN forces, and arrived at YONGJU (DR 6775) o/a 16 Jan 51.

17 Jan 51, PW was unable to keep up with his unit because of frost bite. While recuperating, he was captured.

PAK, Chong Sik (박정삭), Jr Lt, Plat Ldr, 4th Btry, 2nd Bn, Arty Regt

KIM, Chan Hae (김찬해), Capt, Btry CO, 2nd Bn, Arty Regt

Food very scarce; at times PW ate only one small meal, which consisted of rice and “Kimchee” a day. When a village was reached, food was gathered and divided among the men; this was the only source of food.

Morale of troops was low because of the lack of food and clothing; most of troops had no desire to fight.

a. Did you surrender voluntarily? If so, why?

a. PW was captured.

b. Did you see any United Nations leaflets, or hear any loudspeaker broadcasts?

a. Negative.

c. Can you describe what they said?

a. Negative.

d. What was your reaction to them?

a. Negative.

e. Did you hear other soldiers discuss leaflets or broadcasts? What did they say or do?

a. Negative.

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