Trench Knife
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Brutal combat with new technological advances in arms like machine guns and tanks and traditional weaponry like this trench knife led to terrible casualties in World War One. Kentuckian Mary Arvin worked tirelessly as a nurse to help soldiers recover from combat wounds. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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Nurse Mary W. Arvin
Historic Marker #2241 in Henderson County notes the location of the home of famed nurse Mary W. Arvin.
On April 21, 1879, Mary was born in Henderson, Kentucky, to William Meade and Beattie Towles Arvin. In 1904, she graduated from the School of…