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台灣 Taiwan / 2010 / 郭亮吟 Liang-yin Kuo / 46 min

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1949 年，在國民政府建立台灣兵役制度之前，孫立人將軍號召成立台灣新軍。當時正是反共抗俄的年代，為了保衛大台灣，4000 多名熱血青年，被抽籤或志願參加「台灣軍士教導團」，在高雄接受軍事訓練，期待日後能擔任新軍幹部。但不久，新軍突然接到了「歸休」命令，要他們暫時「歸去休息」。誰知這一待命，卻過了50 多年都沒有退伍... 
 
This film delivers the story of some 4,000 young Taiwanese men who enlisted for the army established by General Sun Lijen in 1949. Receiving a short period of basic military training, they were informed they could return home to wait for reentering active service. However, they have never been officially discharged up to this day…