Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna November 1943 akatora murairo we2nd Mountain Division. Ikoku kwakashanda paArctic neWestern
misoro, uko Degen akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa, achirega basa muchikamu muna February 1945. Muna March 1945 akapiwa Knight's Cross yeIron Cross nokuda kwekutungamirira kwake kwechikamu.