Original 42nd Infantry Division Patch

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 WWI, 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.

Activated: 14 July 1943

Overseas: November 1944.

Campaigns: Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, Central Europe.

Days of combat: 106.