noun
Shiraume Student Nurse Corps
Historical organization name referring to a student nurse unit mobilized in Okinawa in 1945.
白梅学徒隊は沖縄戦で多くの若い命が失われた悲劇の一つとして語り継がれている。
The Shiraume Student Nurse Corps is passed down as one of the tragedies in which many young lives were lost during the Battle of Okinawa.
Compound of 白梅 (しらうめ, 'white plum blossom'), 学徒 (がくと, 'student'), and 隊 (たい, 'corps'). The name is specific to this historical unit.