Ninety-nine years ago this month, the battle of the Tuckerton Wireless tower raged. While this battle isn’t mentioned in any history of World War I, its results would have a major impact on the war’s outcome.

The prize at stake was the hearts and minds of the American people. One must remember that when World War I broke out in Europe, it wasn’t the war that eventually would try to make “the world safe for democracy” or “the war to end all wars.”