; AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : “AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 45907 DBocld: 32324519 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90029-10011 HQ 100-405298-NR Document Information ARMY USA 01/11/1954 1 THOMAS PEASNER THOMAS R. PEASNER PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 3 Redact 08/20/1998 APPROVAL OF USA SUMMARY; Page 1 Date: 6/8/2015 Peleased under the John Kennedy Wssassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NU 45907 Date: 4-11-2018
. ST Tat Fae een my : | : “ Sef ¥ t ~ i tAGe Ih ; ; ! oy PKA LLL TF C) |! 1 Ns i ee eee eas " SUMMARY OF .INFORMATION Preparing Offices Date: 11 January 1954 AC of S, G2, FOURTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS Dossier No. G 8054100 tf SUBJECT : HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED ~p BLAS -945y SOR sm’ fuse i : — (JFK) ‘ aS SUBJECT was captured at UndamJan, central sector, 10 miles North of ESUS Nene 38th Parallel, on 23 Apr 1951, Se te pric as NES “by an unidentified CCF unit when he = { 4 VID |X became separated from his unit. - “ fased a CCF Safe Conduct Pass. i & SAO 'S He was, serving as 2nd Gunner on 2 57mm Kecoiless Rifle with Co ©, jst SKF n, 5th RCT, 24th In? Div, He wes interncd at Peaceful Valley during Bese Ss Vy Jun 1951, at Mining Camp from Jui 51 to Sug 51,.and at Camp #1 from Ln aah WS R, Sep 51 until his release at Munsan-ni on 16 AUg 534 Be One prisoner who attempted to escape was bound secure Wa. pistol whipped. During May 1951, om the march North ste] capture, he was threatened by a LK colais. woo had a weapon which resembled a target pistol with 2 buirsi.3 or 9 inches long. A magezine of similar length was inserted in front of the trigger guard. Approxima-- tely 499 tc 500 rounds per mimite were fired in short bursts, On 23 April 1951, SUBJECT observed what appeared to be a 20mm artillery piece mounted cn ea low 4-wheel manually drawn carriage. The weapon was on 6 | pedestal. The entire piece was approximavely 4 reet long, and had a heavy breech. It appeared to be breech loadirg. It is believed this al weapon was some type of armor piercing gun and gave the appearance of batt ey old type ball firing _naval pieces, On 25 Apr L%51, approximately 10. if miles North of MLR, observed what. appeared to be a half-track La vehicle of foreign manufacture, It was mounted with a 3 or 5 inch ‘gun and was being fired at high trajectory. During the entire period of | internment, SUBJECT observed many trucks similar to the 218-5 (Soviet) equipped with charcoal units. The charcoal burner wes mounted on thé Vas forward right hand side of the truck bed, he warm up period ranged \ vy from 5 to 15 minutes. . Ls Kf BT ee = = i sae a SIFIED 8v AERTS OLAS DE 02) During the early part of internment, medical treatment was not “s << effective and most patients died, howover during the fall and winter =<" of 1952, treatment improved and all wno were treated, recovered...“Food : and clothing for CCF seemed adequate except for footgear anc gloves, vhich were canvas. NK civilians were thin and clothed mostly, in TAGSe<"" 11 supplies for this group were inadequate. During Jun 19515. while Le cemped for the night on outskirts of a large city, possibly Pyongyang,” asp PON BOL BSECL observed an emplacement of 3 or .; anti+;aj craft guns; ‘similar 7)" ee ‘caeanm em 190 US 40 mm guns, which were, get in.saud veg .geplecements and manned:by 8h. Ju gp mess em oor a ais i ia I. toabs. x ” Arena cand _ ¢ | Ase sy « fdr 6 3 MAR 17 1954 : OE . : _ — — = x HW 45907 DBocld:32324519 Page 2?