United States. Army. Infantry Division, 42nd

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The 42nd Infantry Division, also known as the Rainbow Division, is a division of the United States Army National Guard. The 42nd 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 Road Armory in Troy, New York. The division headquarters is a unit of the New York Army National Guard. The division currently includes Army National Guard units from fourteen different states, including Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. As of 2007, 67 percent of 42ID soldiers are located in New York and New Jersey.[2
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referencedIn 42nd (Rainbow) Division marching to Base Camp No. 1 after debarkation. St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure, France National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Personal Experiences in World War I, 1974-1980 Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory
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