The vast, vital, unsung but often heroic contributions of the members of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, a predecessor to the modern National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in the second world war deserve 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.