National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial remembers passing of world's last WWI veteran
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Posted: 02/08/2012
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By: 41 Action News Staff
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial honors a woman who died on the other side of the world.
A wreath at the museum honors Florence Green, of King's Lynn, England. She was the last known veteran from World War I.
The 110-year-old died on Saturday.
She began serving in the women's royal air force in 1918 when she was only 17.
Last February, the last known American World War I veteran, Frank Buckles, died.
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