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Joyce Elaine (Hagen) McKorn was born on January 22, 1955 in Oregon, Illinois. Her father was a welder and worked at one of the Quaker Oats factories. Her mother was a housewife. Joyce had one older sister and two youngers sisters. One of her youngers sisters died as a toddler due to a tragic accident. Joyce attended the local elementary school and junior high. The family moved to Dixon, IL and Joyce completed her Junior and Senior years of high school there. Following her high school graduation, Joyce attended one semester of Soc Valley College where she studied nursing. In February of 1970, Joyce enlisted in the United States Navy. She went to Bainbridge, MD for bootcamp. Her parents were supportive of her decision to be in the military albeit it was durning the Vietnam era. Following bootcamp, Joyce went to Hospital Corps School in Great Lakes, IL. Her training there prepared her for her assignent to Camp Pendeleton in California. Joyce was discharged from the Navy on July 28, 1972.
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