Menial Horton Kiser Letters and Photographs, 1943 - 1946

File — Box: 4253.004, Folder: 003

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of six letters from Corporal Menial Horton Kiser, United States Army, during World War II, to his family. Two of the letters are written to his “Pop,” Mr. Colson Kiser, Jeffersonville, Indiana. The letter dated 1 April 1944, to his father, Edna, and Jack, is a partial letter with only one page. One is written to his brother, Jack Kiser, in Olive Hill, Kentucky, but the address is crossed out. Another letter is written to Pop, Edna, and Jack, from Horton. The last letter is to Edna and Jack from Mimy (Horton's wife) and Horton. He writes a little about his duties, dating, needing them to send him cigarettes, family sickness, his marriage, and his father's death. He also writes to his brother, Jack, that he received a Bronze Star for the North Africa Campaign. There are seven photographs, all snapshots. Six of them are of Horton and/or his friends during the war. One of them is from the 1920s and depicts young Horton and his brother or cousin, Harve, with two dogs.

Dates

1943 - 1946

Creator

Kiser, Menial Horton (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Due to the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to certain materials may require additional advance notice.

Biographical / Historical

Corporal Menial Horton Kiser was in the 555 Replacement Company with the United States Army. He enlisted on 3 November 1942. Source: The National Archives. Access to Archival Databases (AAD). 4 Jan 2008. /www.aad.archives.gov>.