106-year-old veteran celebrates birthday at local nursing home

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The oldest veteran at the Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home marked a milestone Monday that few ever reach.

Vivian McKnight turned 106, and friends and staff gathered in the main dining room at 2:30 p.m. to mark the occasion.

McKnight graduated high school and worked as a clerical employee at the Metropolitan Utilities District in Omaha before enlisting in the Navy in 1943…

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