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What Is Molly Pitcher's Attitude To The Soldiers
Molly Pitcher was only doing what she thought was right by following her husband to war. She tended to the men at camp but once fighting broke out she put herself in the middle of a war. Molly Pitcher was on the front line of the war. She risked her life in order to take care of the soldiers fighting. She got her name from carrying a pitcher of water to the soldiers. That to me is a selfless act; she was there with her husband but she won't above and beyond to take care of all the soldiers. While doing her duties as the water girl ; she witnessed her husband John get wounded and he was no longer able to continue manning the cannon. She went to make sure he was alright and then took over at the cannon. She fired several shots towards the

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