Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i whakahau a Heintges i te 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, a ka whakahau i te 7th Regiment. I kite ia i te mahi i Hiti, i Itari,
I te 4 o Mei 1945 ka riro i a ia te Berghof a Adolf Hitler i Berchtesgaden. I tangohia e Heintges a Hermann Göring 1941 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet B mo tana whakamahi whaiaro i te wa o te mahi.