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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.
2nd Infantry Division "Indian Head Division" at Camp Humphreys, South Korea. 3rd Infantry Division "Rock of the Marne" at Fort Stewart, Georgia. 4th Infantry Division "Ivy Division/Iron Horse" at Fort Carson, Colorado. 7th Infantry Division "The Hourglass Division" at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum ...
Reorganized on 1 September 1992 to consist of the 2nd Battalion; thereafter part of a brigade of the 34th Infantry Division. 136th Infantry (Minnesota Army National Guard) [97] 1st Battle Group, 136th Infantry (1959–1963) – Part of the 47th Infantry Division. 2nd Battle Group, 136th Infantry (1959–1963) – Part of the 47th Infantry Division.
The 42nd Infantry Division, took over responsibility for the area known as Multi-National Division North Central—the provinces of Salah Ah Din, Diyala, At Tamamim (or Kirkuk Province) and As Sulymaniah Province from the 1st Infantry Division on February 14, 2005. The 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade also deployed to Iraq during this period.
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 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 ...
The 42nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade (former 369th Sustainment Brigade) is a United States Army sustainment brigade of the 42nd Infantry Division of the New York Army National Guard headquartered out of the 369th Regiment Armory in Harlem, New York. This unit is descended from the 369th Infantry Regiment.
On April 25, the 42nd Infantry Division captured Donauwörth on the Danube. [13] On April 29, soldiers of the 222nd Infantry under Linden's command liberated approximately 30,000 prisoners at Dachau concentration camp. [14] The 42nd Division ended World War II on occupation duty in Austria.