On October 24, 1945, just one day before Taiwan left the control of Japan, a US navy vessel sailed into Keelung. Crammed on deck were young Chinese policemen, one of whom was 20-year-old Chuang Heng-tai.
民國卅四年十月廿四日，就在台灣脫離日本統治前一天，基隆港駛入一艘美國軍艦，上面站滿了年輕的中國警察，廿歲的莊亨岱就是這群英姿煥發的青年中的一員。