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Wehrpass & Soldbuch to Feldwebel in Panzer Regiment 8. Awarded the General Assault Badge, Afrika Campaign medal, EK2, KVK2. Long list campaign entries including France Campaign and AFRIKA - Good entries of TOBRUK! Soldbuch entry for pay given for clothing allowance "In Afrika - 16.3.1942." Also entry that he arrived in Afrika on May 5, 1941. No photo; never had one. SB issued Jan 1942. He escaped the destruction of the DAK in Africa. Then served in Res. Panzer Abt 7 and Gen. Kdo. LVIII Panzer Korps starting in June 1944. he was with the unit during "Operation Margarete" (occupation of Hungary). Then he saw action in FRANCE , NORMANDY and the ARDENNES and all battles in West until the capitulation!! On April 8, 1944* it transferred to Toulouse, France, and on April 15 was converted to an active panzer corps. The Corps moved to the Le Mans area on July 20, 1944, and took part in defensive operations against U.S. forces in the Alencon and Argentan areas southwest of Paris. Between August and September it gradually withdrew to the Barr area southwest of Strasbourg and participated in counterattacks in the Luneville and Mousson areas. During November 1944 the Corps transferred to the Munstereifel and Kyllburg areas to prepare for the Ardennes offensive, and on December 12 it advanced west from Waxweiler through Luxembourg to the Laroche area on the Ourthe River northwest of Bastogne. During the Ardennes offensive the LVIII. Fanzerkorps was given the code name of Gruppe Decker