caption serviceyears laterwork branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
johannes-matthias hönscheid 1942 -- 45 publisher luftwaffe heer 02 march 2001 munich , germany eitorf , germany nazi germany lehrgeschwader 1 kampfgeschwader 54 1 . fallschirmjäger-division knight 's cross of the iron cross 200px world war ii 14 july 1922 leutnant of the reserves bundesarchiv bild 146-2006-0091 , hanns hönscheid.jpg johannes-matthias hönscheid
 johannes-matthias hönscheid
johannes-matthias hönscheid

johannes-matthias hönscheid -lrb- 14 july 1922 -- 2 march 2001 -rrb- was a war correspondent and `` leutnant '' of the reserves with the fallschirmjäger during world war ii .
he was also a recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross -lrb- -rrb- .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
johannes-matthias hönscheid was the only war correspondent -lrb- -rrb- in the wehrmacht to receive the knight 's cross of the iron cross .
hönscheidt is credited with the destruction of seven enemy tanks with antitank mines during the fighting retreat to the area of frosinone and monte cassino .
he was also responsible for capturing a total of 827 prisoner of war as shock troops leader .
hönscheid transferred to the heer on 14 september 1944 .
he was nominated and awarded the knight 's cross of the iron cross for his actions in italy in final days of the war .
his last assignment at the end of the war was with the `` regierung dönitz '' -lrb- dönitz government -rrb- as a correspondent and spokesman in plön and flensburg .
