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Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110

China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-09 08:12

Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110

Florence Green on her 109th birthday being presented with a birthday cake by LAC Hannah Shaw on behalf of the Royal Air Force at her home in King's Lynn, east England. Florence Green, the world's last known veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110, the care home where she lived said on Tuesday. Sac Chris Hill / British Ministry of Defense via Associated Press

LONDON - Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets.

Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110

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