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    "ocrText": "I\neach and are pack mounted. A mortar company consists of two mortar platoons\nof 32 men, 6 horses, and 2 mortars each, and an ammunition platoon of 90 men\nand 40 horses. The mortars are pack mounted. Each horse in the ammunition\nplatoon carries four boxes of ammunition of two rounds per box. The prisoners\nbelonged to the Chinese Nationalist Army from 1947 until April 1949 when the\nunit was integrated into the CCF Army. In February 1950g the 370th Regiment\narrived Horunjan (Kokuryoko) on the Soviet-Manchuria border. In July, the\nRegiment arrived at Tunghua for training and on the 14th of October departed\nby train for Chian on the Yalu River. On or about 16 October, the Regiment\ncrossed the bridge at Manpojin on foot and moved at night on foot, through Kang-\ngye, Changjin, and Toksil to the place of capture at Sudong. On 26 October,\ntwo prisoners were captured from the second Battalion, 370th Regiment, and\non 29 October, 16 prisoners were captured from the ammunition platoon, mortar\ncompany, 370th Regiment, 124th Division, 42₫ CCF Army. The prisoners\naveraged from 28-30 years of age and had approximately two years of military\nservice. The prisoners had not eaten in three days, but had new cotton quilted\nuniforms, winter headgear, and greenish canvas shoes with crepe rubber soles.\nOne prisoner spoke Pekin and north-Manchurian dialect of Chinese, One Chi-\nnese captured near Unsan on 28 October gave his unit as the 2d Battalion, 56th\nUnit, Chinese Peace Preservation Army in Korea. The 1st 2d, and 3d battalions\nare composed of part of the personnel from the 118th, 119th, and 120th Divisions\nof the 40th Army. The 40th Army and 3 divisions remained at Antung while\ntoken forces from the 40th Army Headquarters and from each of its divisions\nentered Korea on 20 October. Each battalion is composed of approximately\n1,000 men. The total strength of 56 units is 5,000. The prisoner observed\n5,000 men crossing with him over the railroad bridge to Sinuiju. The unit ar-\nrived at Unsan on 25 October, No tanks or artillery were observed. Morale\nwas low because of repeated air attacks. The unit carried 14 days supply of\ncorn and 2 days supply of bread All information furnished by this prisoner is\nunconfirmed. (FECOM)(SECRET)"
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