“The valley is a couple of miles wide and maybe six to 10 miles long. We held the center with the remaining nine tanks,” he said. We sent the Third Platoon, with five tanks, over to our left. “”Over on our right was a French Foreign Legion artillery unit with four guns. “We got there the next morning and sat in the valley in our tanks waiting for the Germans to advance. We were down south eight hours away by tank,” the old soldier recalled. “We got a call to make a night run in our tanks to Kasserine Pass. Grube was a gunner in Company C, 4th Tank Battalion, 1st Armored Division during this crucial encounter in the mountains of Tunisia. The green American troops were badly beaten by the German general who would eventually receive “The Desert Fox” moniker from friend and foe alike.
It was the first time American ground forces fought Hitler’s fabled tank commander during World War II. Erwin Rommel’s Panzer IVs and Tiger tanks with their 88-millimeter main guns.ĭespite the disadvantage at the Battle of Kasserine Pass, which took place in North Africa in February 1943, the now 85-year-old held his own against overwhelming odds. Paul Grube’s puny M3 Lee tank, with its 37-millimeter gun, was no match for German Gen. man survived Rommel at Battle of Kasserine Pass
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