These old soldiers, torn from their homes by an era of upheaval, and with neither land nor relations in Taiwan, had to broaden their definition of "home" to make the Kuomintang and the country their "family," and the national leader their "father," entering veterans 'homes in their advanced years.
這一群身處動亂時代的老兵，大半生與家庭隔離，在沒有地緣、血緣的台灣，他們只得把家的定義擴大，以黨國為家，以領袖為大家長，到了老年進入榮「家」安養。