At that time, a military reserve camp stood across the street from National Taitung Senior High School. Lin, who had no shoes of his own to wear, asked the soldiers stationed there if they would throw out any worn out or unwanted shoes onto a grassy area outside of the compound's walls.
當時台東中學對面有一個團管區，沒鞋穿的林本博，就請阿兵哥將破舊不穿的鞋丟出營區圍牆外的草叢。