Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Nọvemba 1943 o weere iwu nke 2nd Mountain Division. Nke a jere ozi n'Arctic na
Ebe ọdịda anyanwụ ọdịda anyanwụ, ebe Degen merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu, na-ala ezumike nká site na nkewa na February 1945. Na Machị 1945 e nyere ya Knight's Cross nke Iron Cross maka iwu nke nkewa.