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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.
John Caswell Baker was born in Troy, New York on April 15, 1919. [2] [a] His father was Frank G. Baker and his mother was Helen (Caswell) Baker.[8] [b] He was raised and educated in Troy, as well as southern locales including Augusta, Georgia and Florida, and was a graduate of Lansingburgh High School.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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]
In September 1995, Kinley was assigned as assistant division commander for maneuver at the 42nd Infantry Division's headquarters in Troy, New York. [8] In October 1996, Kinley was selected to command the 42nd Infantry Division, and he was promoted to major general in July 1997. [8] He continued in this post until September 1999, when he retired ...