In 1974 when he got out of the service, Fix made a life-changing decision--he returned to Taiwan and made a major change of direction, applying to study as a foreign student in the history department of National Taiwan University.
1974 年退伍後，費德廉做了一個影響他一生的決定：重返台灣，同時搖身一變，以外籍學生身份申請進入台大歷史系就讀，展開了他的台灣史研究之路。