42nd Infantry Division (United States)

42nd Infantry Division
42d ID Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	1917–1919 1943–1946 1947–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Glenmore Road Armory, Troy, NY
Nickname(s)	"Rainbow" (special designation)[1]
Motto(s)	Never Forget!
Engagements	World War I Champagne-Marne St. Mihiel ☆Meuse-Argonne World War II Ardennes-Alsace Rhineland Central Europe War on Terror Iraq War Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current commander	MG Joseph Biehler
Notable commanders	Major General W. A. Mann Major General Charles T. Menoher Major General Charles D. Rhodes Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur Major General C. A. F. Flagler Major General George W. Read Major General Harry J. Collins Major General Martin H. Foery Major General Joseph J. Taluto
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

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. The division was engaged in four major operations between July 1918 and the armistice in November 1918, and demobilized in 1919. Since World War I, the 42nd Infantry Division has served in 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^[update], 67 percent of 42ID soldiers are located in New York and New Jersey.^[2]