When Harold was young he never dreamed that when he was riding horses with his friend Amos Kusel on the August Kusel farm that he would some day be in the Horse Cavalry and fight in the second "War To End All Wars".

Harold Kienapfel on "Beauty" (left) Amos Kusel on "Fannie" (right)

Amos Kusel (left) & Harold Kienapfel (right)
on a John Deere D tractor during threshing.

Hip started playing the trumpet when he was 14.

He started playing for the Harmony boys around 1933.

Hip in front of his home in Manning in 1933.

The Harmony Boys --- local instrumental group in Manning, IA.

Back: Melvin Ohde, Herbert Molter, Wesley Ohde
Front: Harold "Hip" Kienapfel, Oliver Ohde, Ray Ohde, Orville Johnson

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