"Mai Tome Gumi" to Okinawa Bei Gun Tochi Ka No America Ryugaku (Shueisha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] For 27 years from 1945, there were more than 1,000 young people who studied in the U.S. under the U.S. Army's study-abroad program in Okinawa, which was under U.S. military rule. What were their reasons for studying in the U.S., and what role did they play in the formation of postwar Okinawan society? (The author, who is also a second-generation American resident, carefully interviewed these former students to find out their life stories. (The author, who is also a second-generation American resident in Okinawa, has carefully interviewed the life stories of those who studied in Okinawa. By tracing valuable testimonies and primary historical documents, the author considers the present and future of Okinawa.

一九四五年から二七年間、米軍統治下にあった沖縄で、米国陸軍による留学制度によってアメリカ留学=「米留」した千人余りの若者たち、「米留組」がいた。沖縄戦を生き延びた彼ら、彼女らはどのような思いで留学を志し、戦後沖縄の社会形成においてどのような役割を担ったのか。「米留二世」でもある著者が丹念に聞き取った留学経験者たちのライフストーリー。「本土復帰」五〇年を経て、初めて明らかになる当時の米国の思惑や「米留組」の葛藤。貴重な証言と一次史料をたどることで、沖縄の今とこれからを考える。