These old soldiers, with no relatives and no land, were discharged from the army with only three months pay, a few hundred dollars in ration tickets, a mosquito net, a straw bed mat, and two sets of clothes.
這些在台灣無親無戚、沒田沒地的老兵，早年退伍時，一人只領到三個月的薪俸、四五百塊的食物代金，另外發給蚊帳一頂，席子一條、衣服兩件，就是全部家產。