Ich hatt einen Kameraden Otto Carius o7 In memory of the Bravest and most Honorable man i know Otto Carius. He was a German tank ace within the German Army who fought during World War II and was credited with destroying more than 150 tanks. He was a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves were awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Served at 21st Panzer Regiment (June 1941) as a loader in a Panzer 38(t) during Operation Barbarossa. During this operation Carius suffered wounds from a round that struck his tank. Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 (1943) his unit fought at the Leningrad front and then in the area of Narva, Estonia (Battle of Narva), and was subordinated to Strachwitz Battle Group, under the command of Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz. On 24th of July 1944 Carius was severely wounded while reconnoitring a village on a motorcycle ahead of his tanks.he was unofficially running the 2nd company of 502nd. He officially became the commander of 2nd company; on the same day he was shot through the leg and arm, received four bullets in the back and one through the neck. Schwere Panzerjägerabteilung 512 (1945) He subsequently became the commander of a Jagdtiger company of the 512th Heavy Antitank Battalion (schwere Panzerjägerabteilung) in the West. And on 8th of March 1945, without finishing its training, 2nd company was directed to the front line near Siegburg. It then took part in the defense of the River Rhine and eventually surrendered to the US Army on 15th of April 1945. After the war he studied pharmacy at Heidelberg University. In 1956 he started his own pharmacy shop called Tiger Apotheke in Herschweiler-Pettersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, named after the Tiger tank, which he managed till 2011. He also wrote a book about his own experience in the war, entitled Tigers in the Mud. Rank : Oberleutnant of the Reserves ( the highest Lieutenant officer rank in the armed forces of Germany) Born at May 27th 1922 in Zweibrücken, Weimar Republic Died at the age of 92 at 24 January 2015 (aged 92) Herschweiler-Pettersheim, Federal Republic of Germany Award : The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) was based on enactment (Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849) of 3 June 1940 which augmented article 1 and 4 of the 1939 Ordinance re-establishing the Iron Cross. Before the introduction of the Oak Leaves only 124 members of the Wehrmacht had received the Knights Cross. Prior to Case Yellow (Fall Gelb), the attack on the Netherlands, Belgium and France, just 52 Knights Crosses had been awarded. In May 1940 the number of presentations peaked. The timing for the introduction of the Oak Leaves is closely linked to Case Red (Fall Rot), the second and decisive phase of the Battle of France. Awarded only by the Führer and Reichspräsident Like the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross to which it was added, the Oak Leaves clasp could be awarded for leadership, distinguished service or personal gallantry. The Oak Leaves, just like the 1813 Iron Cross and Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, was not a National Socialist invention. The Oak Leaves originally appeared in conjunction with the Golden Oak Leaves of the Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), which was the second highest Prussian order after the Black Eagle Order (Schwarzer Adlerorden). The 1705 established Red Eagle Order had received the Oak Leaves with a cabinet of the king decree on 18 January 1811. Friedrich Wilhelm III had also ordered the Oak Leaves to be part of the Iron Cross design in commemoration of his 1810 deceased wife, Queen Louise of Prussia. The king also awarded the Oak Leaves together with the Pour le Mérite since 9 October 1813 to honour the soldierly merit before the enemy. Otto was an inspiration to people the world over. His honor was without question. We shall all miss him. Thank you for the Bravery you have shown my friend we will meet again in Valhalla /Odins table - were the brave may live forever. Er war ein guter Vater zu seinen Söhnen und Töchtern ~ . ein liebevoller Ehemann , seine Frau ---- . ein liebevoller Großvater , um ihre Enkel und Urenkel . --- . Auf Wiedersehen Herr. auf wiedersehen .. tps://youtube/watch?v=kyBiQaVyLMM Karl Manuel M. Tomagos Josh Jett N. Richards Alexander Arañes Gilza Alexander A. Gilza Irvin Kent Berjuega John Vince Berjuega Ariel Lito Jeffrey Gonzaga
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