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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.
In 2006, the headquarters of the Combat Aviation Brigade, 42d Infantry Division was relocated to Latham, New York. [12] As part of planned force reductions following military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 42nd Infantry Division has reconfigured and redistributed subordinate units. As of 2013, the Combat Aviation Brigade has units in ...
42nd (East Lancashire) Division, a unit of the British Army; 42nd Infantry Division (United States), a unit of the United States Army's New York Army National Guard; 42nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, currently a formation of the Russian Ground Forces; 42nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army), a unit of the ...
The 232nd Infantry Regiment was activated on 14 July 1943 and was assigned to the 42nd Infantry Division, the "Rainbow Division."The 42nd served in World War I as an Army National Guard unit, but was activated for service in World War II as a draftee division, in the Army of the United States. [2]
Jack A. James (born 1968) is a career officer in the United States Army.A veteran of the United States Army and New York Army National Guard, in September 2024 he was promoted to major general and appointed to command the 42nd Infantry Division.
Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery was redesignated on 1 October 1940, as Battery A, 42nd Field Artillery Battalion, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an element of the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division). [1] The 42nd Field Artillery Battalion participated in 5 campaigns in the Second World War: Normandy (with ...
As part of ongoing reorganizations, the 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery has been part of the 26th Infantry Division Artillery (1975–1993), the 42nd Infantry Division Artillery (1993–2003), the 29th Infantry Division Artillery (2003- 2006?) and the 26th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (2006? - 2009?).
Enlisted personnel of the regiment were rotated on 4-year tours with personnel of the 65th Infantry in Puerto Rico. The 42nd Infantry was inactivated, less the 3rd Battalion, at Camp Gaillard from 14 March–30 April 1927, and allotted to the Second Corps Area. The 3rd Battalion was transferred on 31 July 1927 to San Juan and inactivated, with ...