Many of these cases occurred during World War Ⅱ, when many indigenous people were forced to join the Japanese army to increase the number of troops. Cutting off facial tattoos became more frequently required in order to make the Atayal men "look more like Japanese," says Atayal Lijiang Laituan of Shihlin Village in Tai-an Rural Township, recalling his father's words.
這其中，二次大戰期間，為增加兵源，許多原住民被強迫當兵，為了要使泰雅族男性「看起來更像日本人」，泰安鄉士林村的李江來端引述他父親的話說，文面割除更為必要。