42nd Infantry Division (United States)

42nd Infantry Division
42d ID Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active1917–1919
1943–1946
1947–present
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQGlenmore Road Armory, Troy, NY
Nickname(s)"Rainbow" (special designation)[1]
Motto(s)Never Forget!
Engagements
Commanders
Current
commander		MG Jack James
Notable
commanders		Major General W. A. Mann
Major General Charles T. Menoher
Major General Charles D. Rhodes
Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur
Major General C. A. F. Flagler
Major General George W. Read
Major General Harry J. Collins
Major General Martin H. Foery
Major General Joseph J. Taluto
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 42nd Infantry Division (42ID) ("Rainbow"[1]) is a division of the United States Army National Guard. It was nicknamed the Rainbow Division because, during rapid mobilization for service in WW1, it was formed from 27 National Guard units from across the US. The division was engaged in four major operations between July 1918 and the armistice in November 1918, and demobilized in 1919. Since World War I, the 42nd Infantry Division has served in World War II and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).

The division is currently headquartered at the Glenmore Road Armory in Troy, New York. The division headquarters is a unit of the New York Army National Guard. The division currently includes Army National Guard units from fourteen different states, including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. As of 2007, 67 percent of 42ID soldiers are located in New York and New Jersey.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Special Designation Listing". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  2. ^ "42nd Infantry Division History". Archived from the original on 22 October 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2014.