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<blockquote data-quote="Isomade" data-source="post: 985429" data-attributes="member: 13135"><p>Isom (the original) was born on Thanksgiving day in 1923. His mother died when he was four years old. His dad married 9 different women in total and he had 8 siblings. On three different occasions he would go to school in the morning and come home and the family had packed up and moved to another town not telling him where they went. The third time that happened he was 12 years old and had his younger brother with him who was eight at the time. He gave up chasing after them and struck out on his own. He and little brother Bob worked for different ranches for "three hots and a cot" for the next few years. Isom was drafted to the U.S. ARMY and served in WWII. He was on the front lines of battle for three years. He returned home to my grandmother, Madie, after the war and worked and saved to buy land so he could run cattle. In addition to running cattle he was at one time the largest chicken farmer in Oklahoma. </p><p></p><p>My grandfather and I were very close. He didn't talk about the war, but family was very important to him. When I was in the 8th grade I had to do a report over "My Hero". I took a tape and a cassette recorder and asked him to please tell me about his time in WWII. It was the only time he ever talked about it. I turned on the recorder and he filled up a 60 minute tape with the most riveting tale I have ever heard. When I was in college the movie "Saving Private Ryan" came out. The movie got national headlines for its accurate depiction of the war. I went home and asked grandpa if he would go with me to see it. We were sitting in chairs in his work shop and he was in his 80's. I'll never forget his response as he starred out the window "Son, I've spent my entire life trying to forget about the war, why would I want to see something that's actually realistic about it?" At that moment I realized just how hard it was for him to make that tape for me. Of course I still have the tape. Isom passed away in 2003. I miss him every day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Isomade, post: 985429, member: 13135"] Isom (the original) was born on Thanksgiving day in 1923. His mother died when he was four years old. His dad married 9 different women in total and he had 8 siblings. On three different occasions he would go to school in the morning and come home and the family had packed up and moved to another town not telling him where they went. The third time that happened he was 12 years old and had his younger brother with him who was eight at the time. He gave up chasing after them and struck out on his own. He and little brother Bob worked for different ranches for "three hots and a cot" for the next few years. Isom was drafted to the U.S. ARMY and served in WWII. He was on the front lines of battle for three years. He returned home to my grandmother, Madie, after the war and worked and saved to buy land so he could run cattle. In addition to running cattle he was at one time the largest chicken farmer in Oklahoma. My grandfather and I were very close. He didn't talk about the war, but family was very important to him. When I was in the 8th grade I had to do a report over "My Hero". I took a tape and a cassette recorder and asked him to please tell me about his time in WWII. It was the only time he ever talked about it. I turned on the recorder and he filled up a 60 minute tape with the most riveting tale I have ever heard. When I was in college the movie "Saving Private Ryan" came out. The movie got national headlines for its accurate depiction of the war. I went home and asked grandpa if he would go with me to see it. We were sitting in chairs in his work shop and he was in his 80's. I'll never forget his response as he starred out the window "Son, I've spent my entire life trying to forget about the war, why would I want to see something that's actually realistic about it?" At that moment I realized just how hard it was for him to make that tape for me. Of course I still have the tape. Isom passed away in 2003. I miss him every day. [/QUOTE]
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