ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 3048 29 January 1951
FIELD REPORT (164 MISDI - 1381) 19 January 1951
| PW NAME: | KWON, Yong Chun (權榮春) (린영춘) (NKA) |
| RANK: | Pvt |
| ORGN: | II Corps, 10th Div, 29th Inf Regt, 1st Bn, 2nd Co, 1st Plat, 3rd Sqd. |
| DUTIES: | Food Carrier |
| EDUCATION: | None |
| AGE: | 20 |
| OCCUPATION: | Farmer |
| ADDRESS: | KANGWON DO, HWAGHON GUN, SA HSO MYON, SAMYANG NI, #594 (江原道 樺川郡 山西面 山陽里 594) |
| DATE & PLACE OF CAPTURE: | 161100 I Jan 51 at CHOKSONG NI (DR 3969) |
| INTERROGATOR: | CHS |
PW did not carry any weapon throughout his army service.
PW’s info was very limited. He was confused in dates and name places.
Information seems fairly reliable.
II Corps: 8th, 9th & 10th Divs.
10th Div: 25th, 27th & 29th Inf Regts, 60mm Mortar Co, Eng Co, Sig Co, Med Co, Supply Co, and HMG Co.
1st Bn: 3 Rifle Co’s, Eng Plat, 60mm Mortar Plat, Sig Plat, Med Plat, HMG Plat.
2nd Co: 3 Rifle Plats.
1st Plat: 3 Rifle Sqds.
| 1st Platoon: | Original (as of 17 Dec 50) | Present (as of 15 Jan 51) |
| Personnel | ||
| EM | 17 | 13 |
| Officer | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 14 |
| Ammo & Equipment | ||
| M1 Rifles | 3 (90 rds ea) | ? |
| 1891/30 Rifles | 2 (50 rds ea) | ? |
| SMGs | 3 (70 rds ea) | ? |
| Grenade | 5 per Plat | ? |
| 2nd Co: | ||
| Personnel | ||
| EM | 51 | 30 |
| Officer | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 56 | 35 |
| 1st Bn: | ||
| Personnel | ||
| Officer & EM | 200 approx | 100 approx |
| Ammo & Equipment | ||
| HMGs | 2 | ? |
| 60mm Mortar | 1 (8 rds ea) | ? |
| 29th Regt: | ||
| Personnel | ||
| Officer & EM | 1,200 | 1000 |
| 10th Div: | ||
| Personnel | ||
| Officer & EM | 4,000 approx | 3,000 approx |
Conscripted into the 3rd Sqd, 1st Plat, 2nd Co, 1st Bn, 29th Inf Regt, 10 Div, II Corps on 17 Dec 50 at KUMHWA (CT8535).
Received no training.
While traveling from KUMHWA to CHOKSONG NI, the following routes were traveled:
| Place Departed | Date | Mode of Tvl | Place Arr | Date |
| KUMHWA | 22 Dec 50 | Marched | YANGGU (DT1317) | 25 Dec 50 |
| YANGGU | 25 Dec 50 | Marched | INJE (DT2812) | ? Dec 50 |
| INJE | ? Dec 50 | Marched | YONGWON (DS5315) | 31 Dec 50 |
| The 10th Div traveled through mountains from INJE to YONGWOL; place names between these two villages were unknown to PW. | ||||
| YONGWOL | 1 Jan 51 | Marched | TANYANG (DR3988) | 4 Jan 51 |
| TANYANG | 7 Jan 51 | Marched | Via of YECH’ON (DR5156) | 9 Jan 51 |
| Via of YECH’ON | 11 Jan 51 | Marched | CHOMUCH’ON NI (DR2940) | Jan 51 |
| CHOMUCH’ON NI | Jan 51 | Marched | CHOKSONG NI (赤城里) | 13 Jan 51 |
13 Jan 51 PW deserted his unit and was trying to find a police station to surrender himself, but 16 Jan 51 PW was captured by the ROK 32nd Regt.
PW heard from his Plat ldr on 6 Jan 51 at TANYANG that the 10th Div’s mission was to attack PUSAN (MP0183). No details available.
On 13 Jan 51 at CHOKSONG NI PW heard from his Plat ldr that the 10th Div was to proceed to TANYANG area.
Reason and dates, unk.
O/a 22 Dec 50 at KUMHWA PW saw 1,000 x CCF troops (CCF unit designation unk).
These soldiers carried 4 grenades each. PW also saw 20 horses.
Destination of CCF unit was unk.
CHANG, Pok Man (張福萬), Jr Lt, Plat Ldr, 1st Plat.
Food was taken from whatever village his unit entered.
Ammo - negative.
PW did not carry any weapon while he was in the army.
The morale in his unit was low because 80% were recruits who had never fired a weapon.
Div-Regt-Telephone
Co-Plat-Sqd-Messenger
1. Did you surrender voluntarily? If so, why?
PW voluntarily surrendered to the ROKs because he did not believe in communism.
2. Did you see any United Nations leaflets or hear any loudspeaker broadcasts?
PW had not seen any leaflets or heard any broadcasts.
3. Can you describe what they said?
Negative.
4. What was your reaction to them?
Negative.
5. Did you hear other soldiers discuss leaflets or broadcast?
Negative.
For the AC of S, G-2:
HONG
