Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Nuwamba 1943 ya dauki umurnin na 2nd Mountain Division. Wannan ya yi aiki a kan Arctic da Western
gaban, inda Degen ya ji rauni sosai, ya yi ritaya daga sashen a watan Fabrairun 1945. A watan Maris na 1945 an ba shi lambar yabo ta Knight's Cross na Iron Cross don jagorancin sashin.