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The 42d Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II, and is the division of the New York National Guard. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ...
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Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
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The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). ...
During World War I, because it contained National Guard units drawn nationally from throughout the United States, it became known as the "Rainbow Division," based on a description made by Douglas MacArthur, then its chief of staff and later its division commander. The 42nd Infantry Division adopted a shoulder patch acknowledging the nickname. The division now has units in nine different states, including New York, Vermont, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Florida, Michigan and Illinois.[1] Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 - April 5, 1964), was a famous American general who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II. He was poised to command the invasion of Japan in November 1945 but was instead instructed to accept their surrender on September 2, 1945. ...
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A Shoulder Patch, officially known as a Shoulder Sleeve Insignia (SSI) by the US Institute for Heraldry, is a multi-colored or subdued heraldic device that uniquely identifies the major unit the soldier belongs to. ...
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Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area Ranked 44th - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²) - Width 183 miles (295 km) - Length 113 miles (182 km) - % water 13. ...
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Official language(s) None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Area Ranked 49th - Total 2,491 sq mi (6,452 km²) - Width 30 miles (48 km) - Length 100 miles (161 km) - % water 21. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
World War I
- Activated: August 1917 (National Guard Division, the components of which were drawn from 26 States and the District of Columbia).
- Overseas: November 1917.
- Major operations: Champagne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne.
- Days of combat: 264.
- Casualties: Total 14,683 (KIA-2,058; WIA-12,625).
- Commanders: Maj. Gen. W. A. Mann (5 September 1917), Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher (19 December 1917), Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur (10 November 1918), Maj. Gen. C. A. F. Flagler (22 November 1918).
The 42d Division was not organized as a National Guard division after World War I. Combatants United States German Empire Commanders John J. Pershing Georg von der Marwitz Strength American Expeditionary Force German Fifth Army Casualties 7,000 2000 dead and 5500 wounded The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought between September 12 - 15, 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force...
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was a major battle of World War I. It was the biggest operation and victory of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in that war. ...
Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 - April 5, 1964), was a famous American general who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II. He was poised to command the invasion of Japan in November 1945 but was instead instructed to accept their surrender on September 2, 1945. ...
World War II - Activated: 14 July 1943
- Overseas: November 1944.
- Campaigns: Rhineland, Central Europe.
- Days of combat: 106.
- Distinguished Unit Citations: 1.
- Awards: MH-1 ; DSC-4 ; DSM-1 ; SS-622; LM-9; SM-32; ; BSM-5,325 ; AM-104.
- Commanders: Maj. Gen. Harry J. Collins commanded the Division during its entire period of Federal service in World War II.
- Inactivated: 29 June 1946 in Europe.
Combat Chronicle When formed for World War II, the 42nd was a unique unit, for it was a reconstitution of the World War I Rainbow Division. Except for the division headquarters, none of its earlier elements had reformed in the interwar period, so the Army Ground Forces filled its new units with personnel from every state. To emphasize the division's tie to its World War I predecessor, Maj. Gen. Harry J. Collins activated the unit on 14 July, the eve of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Champagne-Marne campaign in France.[1]
Following training and the journey to Europe, the three regiments and a detachment of the Division Headquarters arrived in France at Marseilles, 8-9 December 1944, and were formed into Task Force Linden, under the Assistant Division Commander. Assigned to VI Corps, Seventh Army, the Task Force entered combat in the vicinity of Strasbourg, relieving elements of the 36th Infantry Division, 24 December 1944. Defending a 31-mile sector along the Rhine, north and south of Strasbourg, the Task Force repulsed a number of enemy counterattacks, at Hatten and elsewhere. After throwing back an enemy attack, 24-26 January 1945, Task Force Linden returned to Seventh Army Reserve and trained with the remainder of the Division which had arrived meanwhile. City flag Coat of arms Motto: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Department Bouches-du-Rhône (13) Subdivisions 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) Intercommunality Urban Community of Marseille Provence...
City flag City coat of arms Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Intercommunality Urban Community of Strasbourg Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 78. ...
Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States National Guard 36th Infantry Division, the Texas Division. ...
Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...
On 14 February 1945, the Division entered combat as a whole, taking up defensive positions near Haguenau in the Hardt Mountains. After a month of extensive patrolling and active defense, the 42d went on the offensive, attacking through the Hardt Mountains, broke through the Siegfried Line, 15-21 March, cleared Dahn and Busenberg, and mopped up in that general area, while the Third Army created and expanded bridgeheads across the Rhine. Moving across the Rhine, 31 March, the 42d captured Wertheim am Main, 1 April, and Würzburg, 2-6 April, after a fierce battle. Schweinfurt fell next after hand-to-hand engagements, 9-12 April. Fürth, near Nürnberg, put up fanatical resistance, but was taken, 18-19 April, by the Division. In 1976, the remains of about 200 men from the I Battalion, 38th SS Regiment were found and positively identified, apparently shot by troops from the U.S. 42nd Infantry Division and buried in a mass grave by Nuremberg. Most had been shot at very close range, suggesting that a massacre had taken place. Haguenau (German: Hagenau) is a commune of northeastern France, in the Bas-Rhin département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...
The original Siegfried line (Siegfriedstellung) was a line of defensive forts and tank defenses built by Germany as a section of the Hindenburg Line 1916-1917 in northern France during World War I. However, in English, Siegfried line more commonly refers to the similar World War II defensive line, built...
Dahn is a town in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ...
, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1822 Wertheim is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of 24,764. ...
Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. ...
Schweinfurt is a city in the Unterfranken region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km North-East of Würzburg. ...
South part of the city, seen from the Alte Veste (Zirndorf), 2004 The city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the district of Middle Franconia. ...
Nuremberg coat of arms Location of Nuremberg Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ...
On the 25th, the 42nd captured Donauwörth on the Danube, and on the 29th liberated some 30,000 inmates at Dachau, a Nazi concentration camp. Consequently, they took part in the Dachau Massacre, a war crime where 1 SS officer and 41 men were murdered. Passing through Munich, 30 April, it cut across the Austrian border north of Salzburg, 5 May, as the war in Europe ended. Known as Nordschwabens freundliche Mitte (North Swabias Friendly Center), Donauwörth is a city in the German State of Bavaria (Bayern), in the region of Swabia (Schwabenland). ...
Memorial at the camp, 1997. ...
Dachau massacre The Dachau Massacre took place in the Dachau concentration camp, near Dachau, Germany, on April 29, 1945 during World War II. The incident happened following the surrender of Dachau concentration camp to soldiers of the 45th Division of the US Seventh Army. ...
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Salzburg is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 150,000 in 2006). ...
Assignments in the ETO Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the U.S. Seventh Army. ...
The 6th Army Group was an army group of the Allies (namely the United States Army) during World War II. It was created in Corsica, Italy (specifically activated on August 1, 1944) to consolidate the combined French and American forces that were planning to invade southern France in Operation Dragoon. ...
The US Third Army was first activated as a formation during the First World War. ...
(Redirected from 12th Army Group) The 12th Army Group was the largest and most powerful American formation ever to take to the field. ...
The VI Corps took part in some of the most high profile operations in World War II. Its first combat was during the Allied invasion of Italy when it landed at Salerno with the British X Corps under Fifth Army as part of Operation Avalanche. ...
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Post War and War in Iraq The Division absorbed the units of the 26th Infantry Division and the 50th Armored Division in post Cold War restructuring. The New Jersey brigade that transferred from the disbanding 50th Division in 1988-9 was initially an armored brigade, but transitioned to an infantry brigade in the very first years of the 21st Century
The division has been the first National Guard division to be sent to the frontline under its own command since the Korean War. Serving as the headquarters of Task Force Liberty and responsible for security operations in four provinces of north central Iraq (Diyala, Salah ad Din, Kirkuk, As Sulaymaniyah), the 42nd Infantry Division directed the operations of 1st Brigade,US 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade,US 3rd Infantry Division, the 278th Regimental Combat Team, and the 116th Brigade Combat Team. The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). ...
Combatants United Nations: Republic of Korea Australia Belgium Canada Colombia Ethiopia France Greece Netherlands New Zealand Philippines South Africa Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Medical staff: Denmark India Italy Norway Sweden Communist states: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee...
Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized). ...
Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized). ...
Order of Battle 42nd Infantry Division (UEx), (NY NG) Seal of the National Guard Bureau Seal of the Army National Guard Seal of the Air National Guard Seal of the National Guard Missile Defense The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air...
- 42nd Special Troops Battalion
- 27th IBCT, (NY NG)
- 1-69th Infantry
- 2-108th Infantry
- 2-101st Cavalry (RSTA)
- 1-258th FA
- 342nd Support
- 27th BCT STB
- 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mtn.) (VT NG)
- 50th IBCT (NJ NG)
- 1-113th Infantry
- 1-114th Infantry
- 1-102nd Cavalry (RSTA)
- 3-112th FA
- 250th Support
- 50th BCT STB
- 26th IBCT (MA NG)
- 1-181st Infantry
- 1-200th Infantry (NM NG)
- 1-182nd Cavalry (RSTA)
- 1-101st FA
- 26th Support
- 26th BCT STB
Seal of the National Guard Bureau Seal of the Army National Guard Seal of the Air National Guard Seal of the National Guard Missile Defense The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air...
The 69th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), New York National Guard is a combat unit out of New York City and part of the 42nd Rainbow Division. ...
Seal of the Army National Guard The Connecticut National Guard is comprised of both Army and Air National Guard components. ...
RSTA is an acronym standing for Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and refers to a type of unit in the United States Army. ...
A New Jersey Air National Guard F-16 from the 177th Fighter Wing The New Jersey Army and Air National Guard consists of over 9,000 Guardsmen from New Jersey. ...
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The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). ...
References - ^ http://www.army.mil/cmh/books/Lineage/M-F/chapter7.htm
- The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 reproduced at CMH.
External links - 42nd Infantry homepage
- Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial Foundation
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