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ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3300　12 February 1951

FIELD REPORT (164 - MISDI - 1472)　4 February 1951

PW seemed very innocent with a childish manner, asking for paper, playing with a pencil, singing and whistling during interrogation.

He was thinking more about food than the interrogator’s questions, and was confused in dates.

50th Army (Code Name: 57th BU (部), 149th Div (Code Name: 2nd TATUI (大隊), 445th Regt (Code Name: 1st CHUNGTUI (中隊), 1st Bn (Code Name: 5th Thu (■)), 1st Co (Code Name: 1st FENTUI (分隊)).

50th Army: 148th, 149th & 150th Div, Guard Regt, Arty Regt, (hearsay).

149th Div: 445th, 446th & 447th Regt, MT Dun Bn, Guard Bn.

445th Regt: 3 Bn, Guard Co, 82mm Mort Co

1st Bn: 3 Inf Co, HMG Co

1st Co: 3 Rifle Flat

3rd Plat: 3 Rifle Sad

Mt Gun Bn:

Whenever PW heard gun fire, the Co CO stated that the Mt Gun Bn was in Korea. However, PW did not see these guns or its personnel.

PW knew nothing about an MIR.

PW heard from his assistant squad leader on Jan 51 that, the 149th Div will be relieved by the 150th Div.

PW believes that the 149th Div was in the first front line and the 148th Div on the second and the 150th Div in the third; when the 149th Div was in the front line long enough the third line or the second line Div would replace it. If the UN pressure becomes severe, the first line Div would more black, and the second line Div would hold and retreat, accordingly.

The mission of the 50th Army was to protect SEOUL (CS2050).

29 Jan 51, the 150th Div was south of SEOUL, the 149th Div was south of the 150th Div. The 148TH Div was between 149th and 150th Div.

445th Regt was unknown km south of the 149th Div CP, and the 1st Bn was 8km south of the 445th Regt.

1st Bn of the 445th Regt was east of the 2nd Bn and the 3rd Bn west of the 2nd Bn.

2nd and 3rd Co of the 1st Bn were respectively in back of the 1st Co. The 1st Bn Hq was between the 2nd and 3rd Co. Distance between each co was 800m to 1km.

PW believed the company’s battle positions of the 2nd and 3rd Bn of the 445th Regt were essentially the same as the 1st Bn.

Conscripted into the CNA RR Guard Unit Sep 48 at SHAN HSI SHENG (陝西省).

Dec 49, at SSUCHUAN SHENG (四川省) 1,000 CNA soldiers were captured by the CCF 50th Army.

Dec 49 PW was placed into the 9th Sqd, 3rd Plat, 1st Co, 1st Bn, 445th Regt, 149th Div, 50th Army, 4th Field Army at SSUCHUAN SHENG.

Received no training.

50th Army left SSUCHUAN Jan 50 by train and arrived HUPEI SHENG (湖北省) Jan 50 where they cultivated land and raised vegetables.

50th Army left HUPEI SHENG Sep 50 by train and arrived ANTUNG (安東) Oct 50.

445th Regt left ANTUNG Oct 50 by foot and crossed the YALU River by steel bridge into N KOREA and arrived SINUIJU (XE1839) Oct 50.

While traveling from SINUIJU to the place of capture, the following places were passed:

29 Jan 51, three soldiers were captured by the 65th Regt, 2nd Bn: PW was one.

PW last received 80 rd of ammo at ANTUNG Oct 50 and also 3 days of ration.

While traveling in KOREA, food acquired from farm villages, PW received only one suit winter uniform at ANTUNG.

Plat-Co-Bn: Runners

Bn-Regt-Div: Telephone

Co also utilized bugles and whistles for assembly purposes.

Flare guns were used by any unit which was lost from the main unit.

Morale in PW Co was low because they lacked food and clothing, and were constantly strafed by UN planes.

There was no sickness in the PW Co.

Personnel in PW Co received no immunization since coming to KOREA.

9 soldiers had frostbitten feet and were sent to the rear.

a. Did you surrender voluntarily?

a. PW voluntarily surrendered because the food in the CCF was poor.

b. Did you see any UN leaflets or hear UN loudspeaker broadcasts?

a. PW claimed that the saw UN leaflets several times.

c. Can you describe what they said?

a. Leaflets stated that if they come over to the UN side, they would be fed and clothed.

d. What was your reaction to them?

a. PW believed that the leaflets were telling the truth.

e. Did you hear other soldiers discuss leaflets or broadcasts?

a. Negatives.

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