Hsu Kuo-chiang left his Szechuan home at thirteen, and spent half a century serving at the level of a common soldier. Five years ago he entered a veterans 'home, accustomed to life alone.
徐國強十三歲離開四川老家，半世歲月都在基層軍隊裡待過，五年前住進位在萬里鄉的台北縣立仁愛之家。