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territory. where possibly their leader could be hiding out. but in this last stage of the fight, the problems and, indeed, the enemies, the syrian kurds here and american allies continue to mount. last night another new enemy emerged near here. tanks and 500 militants loyal to the syrian regime advanced on and shelled american commandos and their kurdish allies not far west of here. as these u.s. drone pictures help show, u.s. warplanes and gunships killed 100 of them. this artillery crew were also hit. many others then fled. what on earth just happened the night before and why haunts the u.s. special operations commanderer. . i am a little bit surprised. whoever that was knew that sdf were in defensible positions and knows that they re a fierce opponent. does your head begin to spin
soldier you got the pension so pretty cool story. glenn: she was commissioned by washington. she was commissioned because she got the name mary is her name. molly is the nickname in the battle of 1778, june, really, really hot day and if you re part of the artillery crew with all of that powder going off and the heat and everything. and so guys were falling from exhaustion, she was running back and forth between the creek and the well carrying pitchers of water for them to keep rehydrated, that s how she got the name molly pitcher. when her husband fainted from exhaustion, she kept the gun firing and did so throughout the rest of the battle. in the end, they found out what she had done. she kept the gun alive. you have to have the rammer and the cleaner, the one that puts the powder the guy that fires it, names it. she kept that gun going throughout the battle and at the end she was commissioned as a sergeant in the continental army. now, washington, we think, it may have been
her nickname. in june, hot day and if you are part of the artillery crew with all the heat and everything, guys were falling from exhaustion, she was running back and forth from the creek and well carrying pitchers of water for them to keep from dehydrating and that s how she got the name molly pitcher. when her husband painted from exhaustion she stepped in and kept it firing and throughout the rest of the battle. in the end they found out what she had done and kept the gun alive. it takes several guys on the crew to keep alive. the rammer and cleaner and the one that puts the powder, a guy to fire and aim it. she kept the gun going throughout the battle and at the end she was commissioned as sergeant in the continental army. we think washington, it may have been general nathaniel green but either way a general commissioned her and she served throughout the rest of the american revolution. when she died she was given a military funeral and buried with the honors of war and military fu
the army. general henry knocks gave her honorable discharge from the army at west point and she ends up with a military pension, because she served as soldier. if you were a soldier you got pension. she was tough lady. she taught in school afterwards. the way she got the pension was interesting because she traveled across america giving lectures on what she had done as soldier and she would wear her uniform. paul revere wrote congress and said you didn t give her a pension, so she got one because he pointed out they didn t give her a pension. i m telling you, i want my pension. [ laughter ] real quick, pritchard. she was commissioned by washington. mary is her name, molly is her nickname. in june, hot day and if you are part of the artillery crew with all the heat and everything, guys were falling from exhaustion, she was