2 In 1859, Joseph Rainey traveled to Philadelphia, where he met and married his wife, Susan, also a halfâFrench mulatto, originally from the West Indies. Rainey continued to work as a barber, and the couple had three children: Joseph II, Herbert, and Olivia.
For other uses, see Rommel (disambiguation). Erwin Rommel (15 November 1891 â 14 October 1944), popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a field marshal (senior military commander) in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Rommel was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the Pour le MÃ©rite for his actions on the Italian Front.
The report of 1960 in Germany discloses the Nazi cover up of the forced suicide of âDesert Foxâ Field Marshal Rommel. Erwin Rommel was implicated in the failed murder of his master Adolf Hitler in East Prussia in July of 1944. About three months after, Rommel claimed his own life with cyanide in October 14 of that year.