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- Created in August 1917 months after the United States entered WWl
- When WWll started the division reactivated and was one of the first divisions to fight in Europe when the United States entered the war
- composed of National Guard units and the District of Columbia

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- This is a National Division
- Organized at camp mills (long island, NY)
- "The 42nd Division stretches from one end of America to the other"-Colonel Douglas MacArthur
- They landed in France in the beginning of the war and entered the front line in 1918

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- Engaged in on-foot combat
- planned for attacks
- listened to German threats
- ran towards open fire
- shot open fire
- take over bases

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-Rainbow patch: “The 42nd division stretches like a rainbow from one end of America to the other” (McArthur).
- "The Rainbow Division”
- They stretched from one side of America to the other

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- 4th quadrant of a rainbow
- Shoulder patch
- Authorized to represent the 42nd division on October 29, 1918
- Approved to wear on May 27, 1922
- “RAINBOW” inscribed at the end in gold lettering
- Blue is the color for infantry

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- The Big Picture- 42nd Rainbow Division (Movie)

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- Colonel Douglas McArthur
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower
- President Harry S. Truman
- Commander George S. Patton
-  Commander in Chief Chester W. Nimitz
- Chief of Staff George Marshall

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- Medal of Honor is the high award one can receive
-434 people were awarded the Medal of Honor
- "The U.S. Army had 259 recipients, the U.S. Marine Corps had 81 recipients, the U.S. Navy had 57 recipients, the U.S. Army Air Force had 37 recipients and the U.S. Coast Guard had one recipient"

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- The members of the 42nd Division gathered at Fort Drum in New York to commemorate the 100th anniversary of what began WWI
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* “History of the ‘Rainbow.’” 42d Infantry Division History and Bibliography, dmna.ny.gov/arng/42div/?id=history.

*"WWII." Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial Foundation Inc. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2017.
http://www.rainbowvets.org/wwii