ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3045 29 January 1951
FIELD REPORT (164 MIDSI - 1336) 14 January 1951
| PW NAME: | KIM, Sam Do (金三度) (김삼도) (NKA) |
| RANK: | Unknown |
| ORGN: | Div (unk), 27th Regt, 2nd Bn, 4th Co, 1st Plat, 1st Sqd |
| DUTIES: | Laborer |
| EDUCATION: | None |
| AGE: | 21 |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| ADDRESS: | KYONGSANG PUKTO, KORYONG GUN, UNSU MYON, WOLSAN DONG, #586 (慶尙北道 高靈郡 雲水面 月山洞 五八六) |
| DATE & PLACE OF CAPTURE: | 091200 I Jan 51 an unknown area |
| INTERROGATOR: | CHS |
PW was a ROK soldier who was captured by the NKA and pressed into its service. He did not know if he was in the NKA, because he carried no weapon, and only followed the unit performing manual duties.
PW was very unobservant and information is considered to be only fairly reliable.
4th Rifle Co: 3 Rifle Platoons
1st Platoon: 2 Rifle Squads
| 1st Platoon: | Original (20 Dec 50) | Present (9 Jan 51) |
| Personnel: | ||
| EM | Approx 29 | 19 |
| Officer | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 30 | 20 |
| Equipment & ammo: | ||
| SMGs,1941 | 2 (144 rds ea) | |
| SMG, 1943 | 1 (60 rds ea) | |
| M1891/30 rifles | 15 | |
| US M-1 rifles | 2 | |
| Grenade | 2 per Sqd Ldr | |
PW saw one HMG and one 82mm Mortar but he did not know the unit to which they were assigned.
PW did not know the mission of his unit but he heard from the Plat Ldr that this Regt was to conduct guerrilla warfare against the UN forces.
Inducted on Nov 50 into the ROK 32nd Regt, 3rd Bn, 11th Co, 1st Plat, 2nd Sqd at SEOUL.
Captured by the NKA 29th Regt 12 Km N of KAP’YONG (CS6988) 16 Dec 50. Placed into the NKA 27th Regt by force 27 Dec 50. Between 16 Dec and 27 Dec 50, PW was indoctrinated for 4 days. HE was not given the privilege of returning to South KOREA or volunteering for the NKA; he was forced to join the unit.
Places travelled through from the time he was placed into the 27th Regt till the time captured by US troops were unknown.
PW often saw food and ammo being distributed to the men in various villages. Names of village unknown.
The morale in the unit was high because the North Korean soldiers said that they will eventually win. They did not explain the reasons to PW.
PW did not see any US PW’s; however, he believes there were some South Korean troops (PW’s) in the NKA units.
1. Did you surrender voluntarily? If so, why?
a. PW voluntarily surrendered to the US troops because he was wounded.
2. Did you see any United Nations leaflets or hear any loudspeaker broadcasts?
a. PW did not see any leaflets while he was in ROK or NKA units.
3. Can you describe what they said?
a. Negative
4. What was your reaction to them?
a. Negative
5. Did you hear other soldiers discuss leaflets or broadcast? What did they say or do?
a. Negative
For the AC of S, G-2:
HONG
