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ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO 3035　27 January 1951

FIELD REPORT (164 MISDI - 1372)　17 January 1951

Cooperative. PW was suffering from severely frostbitten feet, but he talked freely.

PW insisted that the 128th Div was formerly designated the 146th Div and that it is part of the 50th Army which he claims is now composed of the 128th, 129th, and 130th Divisions. Information other than this discrepancy, if it be a discrepancy, is considered reliable.

The 50th Army was composed of the 146th, 147th, and 148th Divisions but these divisions were redesignated the 128th, 129th, and 130th Divisions respectively while the 50th Army was recently at P’YONGYANG, date unknown.

128th Div composed of the 442nd, 443rd, and 444th Regiments.

129th Div composed of the 445th, 446th, and 447th Regiments.

130th Div composed of the 448th, 449th, and 450th Regiments.

442nd Regt composed of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Rifle Battalions.

3rd Bn composed of the 1st and 2nd Rifle Cos plus the 3rd (Heavy Wpns) Co.

The 3rd (Heavy Wpns) Co is composed of 3 Plats. Each platoon is composed of 3 Sqds with 13 or 14 men per sqd.

PW stated that the CCF and NKA often travel on the same roads to the front lines but that they do not attack the same area simultaneously. He did not know the reason for this. No other information.

PW was inducted into the 60th Chinese Nationalist Army during Feb 48 in CHILIN SHENG (吉林省). He remained in CHILIN SHENG because he had dysentery when the 60th CNA retreated from MANCHURIA o/a 8 Aug 48. When the CCF entered CHILIN City o/a 20 Aug 48, PW was conscripted into the 442nd Regt of the 146th Div.

PW received four months political indoctrination on the principles of communism.

PW departed from CHILIN SHENG with the entire 50th Army, marched, and arrived in HUPEI SHENG (湖北省) Feb 49. There the entire 50th Army received 6 months training in attack and defense.

PW departed from HUPEI SHENG Jul 49, marched with the entire 146th Div and arrived in HONAN SHENG (河南省) during Sep 49.

PW departed from HONAN SHENG during Jul 50, marched with the entire 146th Div and arrived at ANTUNG Oct 50. There each man in the division was issued 4 days ration of rice.

PW departed from ANTUNG during the latter part of Oct 50, marched with the entire 146th Div over the large ANTUNG-SINUIJU bridge across the YALU River into SINUIJU (新義州) at night. At SINUIJU the 146th Div received 50 truckloads of ammunition.

PW continued marching southward passing through P’YONGYANG (date unk) where the 146th Div, 50th Army was redesignated the 128th Div, 50th Army. PW continued marching southward with the 128th Div, passing through SEOUL (date unk), and arrived at SUWON o/a 1 Jan 51.

PW departed from SUWON o/a 1 Jan 51, marched in a generally southward direction (traveling at night only) until o/a 3 Jan 51 when he dropped behind his division because his feet hurt so much that the could no longer walk. Thus PW lost contact with his division. He existed by the side of a road and ate rice from his ration bag. Korean refugees walking southward past him gave him matches with which to build a fire. On 15 Jan 51, PW surrendered to advancing troops of the US 27th RCT.

CHIANG, Tou-Cheng (張志城), Co CO; 3rd Co, 3rd Bn, 442nd Regt, 128th Div.

LU, Feng-cheng (羅風城), “Cultural Officer”; 3rd Co, 3rd Bn, 442nd Regt.

CH’AI, Won-li (蔡立礼), Plat Ldr; 1st Plat, 3rd Co, 3rd Bn, 442nd Regt.

The 128th Div (formerly designated the 146th Div) had received no replacements since coming to KOREA during the latter part of Oct 50.

PW could not offer any information as to how or when casualties are replaced.

The source of replacements and system of replacing losses was unknown.

PW did not know anything of units being withdrawn for the replacement of casualties.

When the 128th Div (then designated the 146th Div) entered KOREA during the latter part of Oct 50, its personnel brought 4 days rice ration with them. Since that time EM have been given slips of paper, written in Korean script, by their Company officers which they take to Korean officials (at rice storage warehouses in towns and villages) and receive, in exchange for these paper slips, rice for the CCF Company from which the EM are sent.

During the latter part of Oct 50, the 146th Div (now designated the 128th Div) received 50 truckloads of mortar and small arms ammunition. No more ammo had been delivered to the division (as of o/a 3 Jan 51).

Observed 7 mountain artillery pieces being carried across the TAEDONG River at P’YONGYANG (d/u) by 128th Div personnel.

PW considered the morale of the 128th Div personnel to be “neither high nor low”. He explained that the soldiers were miserable because of the rigors of winter warfare, but that they had resigned themselves to the belief that there was no other alternative to fighting whenever and wherever their officers ordered them.

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

a. PW did not surrender voluntarily. He became separated from his unit because he could no longer walk and then he was captured by advancing US troops.

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

a. No

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 broadcast? What did they say or do?

a. Negative.

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