ABSTRACT

This study focuses on the US Coast Guard LORAN station at Afetna Point in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to discern what social impact the Cold War facility and servicemen had on the local community. Archaeological and archival investigations indicate that the facility was built a few months after the American WWII invasion of Japanese-held Saipan in June 1944. Oral histories gathered from senior members of the indigenous Chamorro community in the village of San Antonio revealed that the station and US Coast Guard service members played a complex and vital role in the social and economic life of the local community during the Cold War.

摘要

本研究重点关注位于北马里亚纳群岛联邦塞班岛 Afetna Point 的美国海岸警卫队 LORAN 站，以了解冷战设施和军人对当地社区产生的社会影响。考古和档案调查表明，该设施建于 1944 年 6 月美国二战入侵日本控制的塞班岛几个月后。从圣安东尼奥村土著查莫罗社区高级成员那里收集的口述历史表明，该站和美国海岸警卫队服役人员在冷战期间在当地社区的社会和经济生活中发挥了复杂而重要的作用。