Dennis E. Showalter
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Professor of History, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo. Author of The Wars of Frederick the Great and Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the 20th Century; among others.
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Molly Pitcher was a heroine of the Battle of Monmouth during the American Revolution. According to legend, at the Battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778), Mary Hays, wife of artilleryman William Hays, carried water to cool both the cannon and the soldiers in her husband’s battery—hence the nickname…
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