Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Last Known World War I veteran dies

Florence Green, the world's last known veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110.  She died Saturday, two weeks before her 111th birthday.

Born Florence Beatrice Patterson in London on Feb. 19, 1901, she joined the Women's Royal Air Force in September 1918 at the age of 17.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46297110/ns/world_news-europe/#.TzGs_eTQd0Q

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