Cover Story
Birthday and POB
1/23 born in Regensburg Germany
Adress
24 Regerplatz in Munich
Children
3 sons, twins Gunther and Simon ages 5, and Albert age 2
Age
40
what college did you attend before WWII
Bavarian War College
Football team
Bayern Munich, two favority players Phillip Lamm and Franz Beckenbauer
where was bootcamp and initial training
Camp Hueberg in Baden-Wurttemberg
officers served
Captian Johann Wachterhauser, Captain Wilhelm Schmidt, Major Erich von Hausen, and major Adler Leonhard
Wife
Greta, met at Bavarian college
What happened after the event
Had a tree lighting ceremony. Sang silent night, and O Tannenbaum while they drank their Gluhwein and ate stollen roll
Professors
Major Diedrich Strossel, Colonel Heinrich Hossenbeck, and Colonel Johann Beck
Motto of the SS
My honor is my loyalty
What was each officers issued weapon
P38 pistol
flaws of tiger tank
tracks will displace easily, only 16 kilometers per gallon, and could not fire common X-16 shell cause it jammed the gun
plus side of tiger tank
could travel 42 kilometers per hour and its gun had a range of 500 meters
Army Experience
Served in 2nd Regiment under Colonel Theodore Eicke as part of 3rd Amored Panzer Division under General Helmuth Becker and General Max Simon. Rose to rank of major
Job
Teaching geometry at Rupprecht Gymnasium located at 7 Albrechtstrasse in Munich
Name
Wilhelm Strauss
Tradition at Bavarian War College tradition
after candidates finished their exams before Christmas, the went to the officers club for a meal of bratwurst, potatoes, and cabbage. Then without a break, drink a liter of beer out of their combat helmet. if they failed they had to buy a keg for the training officers
Battle wounds and where did you serve
served on eastern front. Wounded in the right leg at Mius river after my tank was hit. Then I was shot in the leg and the arm at the second battle of targu. Left for the hospital before the end of the war
image on regiment patch
skull and bones