Nightly News   |  February 07, 2012

World’s last-known WWI veteran

Florence Green, a former member of the Women’s Royal Air Force, died at the age of 110. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> the last known surviving veteran of the great war has died in the uk. florence green signed up in the women's royal air force 94 years ago in 1918 . she worked in the mess hall on an air base . she leaves behind her son, four grand children, seven great grandchildren and a life well lived. mrs. green was 110. it's believed her death now brings an era of world history to a close.