Takasago Volunteer recruits were usually the fittest, most capable young men of their tribe. Some, because of their uncommon experience of the war, strove to learn Mandarin on their return and eventually became leading figures in their own communities.
高砂義勇隊成員中大多本來就是族中體力、能力俱佳的部落菁英，也因為曾參與戰爭的不凡經歷，光復後有人奮力學國語，成為部落舉足輕重的領導人物。