A memorial to Privates Huang Chung (黃忠) and Lin Chao-tsai (林招財), two 20-year-old conscripts on coastal guard duty who drowned on September 26th, 1982, while trying to rescue a student swept out from Shalun Beach (沙崙海水浴場) in coastal Tamsui. The beach had closed for the season, yet more than 3,000 bathers ignored the soldiers’ orders to leave that day. The town office erected this plain slab in 1984, and its inscription records the student as saved, whereas contemporary newspaper and army accounts list him as missing or drowned. It was long behind a partition and could not be visited by the public but since the surrounding park has been renovated it may now be accessible.
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- Vocus: Le Feng's Folk Art Notes (樂風的民藝筆記)
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- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.