42nd Infantry Division (United States)

42nd Infantry Division (United States)

US infantry divisions (1939–present)
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The 42d Infantry Division (42ID) ("Rainbow") is a division of the National Guard and United States Army. The 42d Infantry Division has served in World War I, World War II and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The division is currently headquartered at the Glenmore Armory in Troy, New York with the New York National Guard.

The division presently includes Army National Guard units from fourteen different states, including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin. As of 2007, 67 percent of 42ID soldiers are located in New York and New Jersey.

Read more about 42nd Infantry Division (United States):  The Rainbow Division, The Rainbow Unit Insignia, World War I, World War II, Cold War, War On Terrorism, Homeland Security, Current Structure

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