The 42nd Infantry Division’s “Rainbow Haggadah” is believed to be the first haggadah printing in Germany since the Nazis took power in 1933. Few copies survive today.

New York Army National Guard’s newest general serves as the deputy commander of the 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division, headquartered in Troy. Christopher Cronin, of Victor, Ontario County, an ...

Toward the end of the war, Janosik’s travels with the 42nd Rainbow Infantry Division began when it landed Dec. 9, 1944, in the port city of Marseille, France, then advanced through that country ...

It was here that Colonel Douglas McArthur assembled and named the 42nd Division the "Rainbow Division" because it was composed of units from 26 states.

The name stuck and the 42nd would forever be named the Rainbow Division. Cooperrider with the 42nd was one of the first troops shipped overseas. They arrived in France in November of 1917.

The 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division Veterans Association’s 68th annual reunion will be held July 8-11 at the Radisson Hotel South in Bloomington, Minn. Men who served in the division during ...

The 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division Veterans Association’s 68th annual reunion will be July 8-11 at the Radisson Hotel South in Bloomington, Minn. Men who served in the division during World ...

LATHAM, N.Y. – New York Army National Guard Major General Thomas Spencer, a resident of York, Maine, took command of the Troy, New York–based 42nd Infantry Division during a change of command ...

The 42nd Infantry Division had been made up of National Guard troops during World War I and nicknamed "the Rainbow Division" because it contained elements from 26 states.

The 42nd Division, he said, would stretch across the country "like a rainbow," which gave the division its nickname. The New York National Guard's 69th Infantry Regiment was New York's ...

The 42nd Infantry Division marked the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Croix Rouge Farm in France, with a ceremony at the division’s memorial monument.