brian: deborah sampson isn't her real name. ms. rivers: deborah sampson, she -- you are onto something. when she enlisted in the military, she enlisted under a male moniker. she disguised herself as a man. she went by the name as robert shurtleff. that was after she tried a couple of different times with other male names and failed. then she disguised herself as robert shurtleff and tested whether she can carry out that disguise by going to visit her mother as a male. she knocked on the door and she thought, if she could full her mom, she is ready to do it. it worked. she enlisted in the army and served in the revolutionary war. for a long time, nobody knew she was a woman. there were following her into battle, she was, faster than a lot of men was a better shot than a lot of men. it was only after she was shot and taken to a hospital, she stole medicine and a couple of old rudimentary medical devices. she was going to try to dig the bullet out of her thigh herself to avoid being examined. she knew once she was examined that would