World War II Honoree

Carleton Henry Ganser

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Roxbury, Wisconsin

Honored By

Phyllis Ganser

Relationship

Wife

DRAFTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY IN 1942. SERVED IN WWII UNTIL 1946. DURING THIS TIME, HE SPENT TWO YEARS AT CAMP CHAFFEE, ARKANSAS AS A DRILL SERGEANT. HE SERVED TWO YEARS IN A MOTOR BATTALION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, FIRST IN NEW GUINEA AND THEN THE PHILIPPINES. INVOLVED IN BATTLES AT BOTH NEW GUINEA AND LUZON. FOLLOWING THE WAR, SERVED SIX MONTHS IN JAPAN, INCLUDING HIROSHIMA. HE RECEIVED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH BRONZE STAR, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN THEATER SERVICE RIBBON AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER SERVICE RIBBON.