He joined the Air Force after hearing a teacher inmiddle school describe how imperialism was squeezing China and heeding the call of Sun Yat-sen to save the country via the air. When the Nationalist government moved to Taiwan in 1949, it set up military dependents 'villages around the island to provide housing for dependents of the members of the armed forces.
中學時的他，聽到老師述說帝國主義種種壓搾中國的行為，又受了孫中山先生「航空救國」主張的影響，便投效了空軍。民國卅八年，國民政府播遷來台，為了安置三軍的眷屬，從卅九年起陸續在全台各地興建以竹籬糊上泥土、稻草為牆的克難房舍。