When Chiu was young, his elders would refer to the American soldiers as "red-haired barbarians," describing startling visages of red hair, blue eyes and big noses. Chiu, who had never seen an American, was skeptical. People didn't look like that, he thought. When he was six, a two-man American aircraft was shot down off the coast of Tunghsiao near the end of the year.
從小，長輩就將美國大兵稱做「紅毛番」，「紅毛番」一頭紅頭髮、藍眼珠、高鼻子的可怕長相，總讓從未看過美國人的邱錫勳感到納悶：哪有這種長相的人？