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When you consider the history of the chainsaw you might imagine that it's only connection to medicine would be the average of approximately 28,000 chainsaw injuries reported in the US annually. But you would be wrong. The shocking history of the mechanically driven cutting tool with teeth set on a chain deserves to be remembered.
The “Great Sedition Trial” uncovered shocking connections at the time with the German reich that we were fighting, and challenged the idea that the nation was of a single mind during the war. It also challenged exactly how far the national commitment to freedom of speech and opinion reached, especially in extraordinary times.
Absent a few coincidences, and "fortunate blunders" on December 5, 1941 the history of December 7th could have different.
