After half a century of silence, members of the Takasago Volunteers also began to speak out. But it was the return of Li Kuang-hui from the jungle in 1974, which first brought the issue of compensation for Taiwanese veterans of Japan's armies to public attention.
沈默半世紀的高砂義勇隊員也開始發聲，一九七四年的李光輝事件，使得台籍原日本兵戰時賠償問題端上檯面。