"The old language has become rusty, and everything-the things that should be forgotten and the things that should not be forgotten-has slipped from memory," writes Chen Chian-wu, a Taiwanese poet who served in the Japanese army.
「熟悉的語言都生鏽了，如今，該遺忘或不該遺忘的，都遺忘了......，」曾經身為台籍日本兵的詩人陳千武寫道。