UP until 1959, the aim was to "recover the mainland within five years," and serving soldiers were not permitted to marry. But by 1959 most of these servicemen were past the marrying age, and after many years in the military they found it hard to integrate into civilian life.
民國四十八年以前，在「五年反攻大陸」的目標下，軍中規定士兵不准結婚，然而四十八年以後，這些士兵大多過了適婚年齡。