Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. February 27, 2023 The 42nd Infantry ( Rainbow) Division's history as a unit began with America's entry into World War I. Amidst the rush by America to mobilize, individual states competed with each other for the honor to be the first to send their National Guard units to fight in the trenches of Europe. The 222nd Infantry Regiment, 232nd Infantry Regiment, and the 242nd Infantry Regiment were activated and included recruits from all 48 states. RA RCTS 13. AIR SEC FLYING SCH-DET MED DEPT, ARMY VET. Joyce, Raymond F., Jr. "Stretch Like a Rainbow." Army Digest (Oct 1970): pp. When US troops arrived in Dachau on April 29, they found 2,310 additional corpses on the train. NG, 4TH INF S.D NG CO B - MACH GUN CO 1ST INF TENN NG, 1ST INF S.D NG MACH GUN CO - DET OF CO A 2ND INF TENN NG, 2ND INFTENN NG CO A - CO M 3RD INF TENN NG, 3RD INFTENN NG CO G - SAN DET CAC TEXAS NG, 2ND INF TEXAS NG CO C - DET 2ND INF TEXAS NG, DET 2ND INF TEXAS NG - CO K 3RD INF TEXAS NG, 3RD INF TEXAS NG CO K- CO D 4TH INF TEXAS NG, 4TH INF CO D TEXAS NG -SUPPLY CO 6TH INF TEX NG, 6TH INF CO A TEXAS NG -BTRY E 1ST FA UTAH NG, 1ST FIELD ARTILERY BTRY F UTAH-INDIV ROLLS 1ST INF VT NG, HQ 1ST BRIGADE VIRGINIA NG-HQ CO 1ST INF VA NG, MED & SAN DET 1ST INF VA NG-CO M 1ST INF VA NG, 4TH INF CO VA NG-DET SAN DET 2ND REGT INF WASH NG, 2ND INF MED &SAN DET HOSP CORPS WASH NG-CO A 1ST INF W VA NG, 1ST INF W. VA NG CO B-CO F 2ND INF W. VA NG, 2ND INF W. VA NG CO F-BTRY C 1ST FA WIS NG, 1ST FIELD ART WIS NG BTRY C- CO A 2ND INF WIS NG, 2ND INFANTRY WIS NG CO B.- CO B 3RD INF WIS NG, 3RD Infantry Wisconsin National Guard G Co B.- Co G 5TH Infantry Wisconsin National Guard, 5TH INFANTRY WIS NG CO H.- CO C 3RD INF WIS National Guard, 3RD INFANTRY WYOMING NG CO C- INDIV OFF ROLLS WYO NG, 1ST BOMB BRIGADE -1ST TR PROV REC DET LINE 99, 1ST TR PROV REC REGT DET LINE 100 -1ST TR BRIG 9TH DET, ST TR BRIGADE 9TH DET -CAS DET 2ND TR BRIG, CASUAL DET 2ND TRAINING BRIG -1ST M.N.R.S.C CO#2, 1ST M.N.R.S.C CO #11-2ND M.N.R.S.C CO #12, 2ND M.N.R.S.C CO #13-3RD M.N.R.S.C CO #13, 2ND BOM GROUP HQ DET- HQ 4TH COMPOSITE GR, 5TH COMPOSITE GROUP HQ DET- HQ 2ND COMPOSITE GR, 12TH AERO SQ MED CORPS EML - 25TH AERO SQ, 36TH AERO SQ DET MED CORPS - DET ASSC UNASGD 52ND AERO SQ, 414TH AERO SQ AVN SEC - 434TH AERO SQ CONSTR. Each set of digital images is assigned a DGS number for identification purposes. 314th AMM TR, 4th MTR-316th AMM TR, Co E . Search the history of over 797 billion SQ BASE HQ MARCH FLD- 13 AIR BASE SQ MAXWELL FLD ALA, 13TH A.B. It was numerically designated the 42d Division, and called the "Rainbow Division" by General . Just days before, about 2,000 inmates evacuated on a death march from the Flossenbrg concentration camp had arrived at Dachau and the SS guards had forced almost 7,000 Dachau inmates to move southward. The 41st Infantry Division arrived in Australia, 7 April 1942, and underwent intensive training. The proximity of the US Army gave hope to the prisoners in the camp and to anti-Nazis outside it. . SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 10464-SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 11799. Bibliographic information. The 166th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Ohio National Guard served with the 42nd Infantry Division, also known as the Rainbow Division, drawing men from 26 states and the District of Columbia. web pages Box 107. 347TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY D-DET OF PNTS 349TH FA RECRUIT DEPOT. TIENTSIN CHINA-RCT CASUAL DET VAN COUVER. Schweinfurt fell next after hand-to-hand engagements, 9-12 April. On April 29, 1945, Texans serving among the 42nd Infantry Division entered the Dachau concentration camp, the earliest and longest-functioning SS-controlled camp in Nazi Germany. Unknown The delegations of journalists and congressmen who had been viewing the Buchenwald concentration camp were quickly diverted to Dachau to see the camp. 21ST CO CAC FT PREBLE-5TH CO DC OF S. N.Y. CO CAC PLATTSBUG N.Y.-1ST CO FT CONSTITION, 1ST CO CAC PORTSMOUTH NH-6TH CO CAC POTOMAC MD, 7TH CO CAC POTOMAC MD-63RD CO CAC REDES TO 3RD CO CAC PUGET SOUND, 3RD CO CAC PUGET SOUND-5TH CO CAC RESERVIST, 5TH CO CAC PUGET SOUND-9TH CO CAC PUGET SOUND, 10TH CO CAC PUGET SOUND-13TH CO CAC PUGET SOUND, 13TH CO CAC PUGET SOUND-16TH CO CAC PUGET SOUND, 16TH CO CAC 1ST CO FORT WARD-115TH CO CAC FT WINGATE NM, 115TH CO COAST ARTILLERY CORPS-76TH CO COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, 76TH CO COC REDES TO 2ND CO CAC FORT WADSWORTH NY-4TH CO COC FT HANCOCK NJ, 4TH CO CAC FT HANCOCK NJ-HQ CACSAN FRANCISCO, 147TH CO CAC 1ST CO CAC FT WM SCOTT CALIF, 60TH CO CAC FT WINFIELD SCOTT CALIF-4TH CO SAN FRANCISCO AT FT WINFIELD SCOTT CALIF, 158TH CO CAC FT WINFIELD SCOTT CALIF-7TH CO SAN FRANCISCO AT FT WINFIELD SCOTT CALIF, 64TH CO CAC FT WINFIELD SCOTT CALIF-29TH CO FT MC DOWELL, 29TH CO CAC DEL MONTE CALIF-32ND CO FT MADSON CALIF, 32ND CO CAC FT TOTTEN NY-66TH CO FT BARRY CALIF, 66TH CO CAC FT SHERIDAN ILL-18TH CO C.D SAN FRANCISCO CALIF, 25TH CO CAC FT MILEY CALIF-38TH CO CAC SAN FRANCISCO CALIF, 39TH CO CAC SAN FRANCISCO CALIF-3RD CO CAC SAVANNAH GA, 74TH CO CAC FT SCREVIN GAF-1ST CO CAC FT HAMILTON, 3RD CO CAC FT HAMILTON NY-1ST CO CAC FT WADSWORTH NY, 1ST CO CAC FT HOWARD MD-15TH CO CAC SOUTHERN NY, 162ND CO CAC FT MONROE-1ST ARMY ARTILLERY TRK CO, TRUCK CO D ARMY ARTILIARY-CO C, 2ND CORPS ARTY PARK, CO C 2ND CORPS ARTY PARK-DET N.C.S CAC FT CASWELL, DET N.C.S CAC FT CASWELL-DET N.C.S CAC FT HOWARD, DET N.C.S CAC FT LEONARD-DET N.C.S CAC FT WINFIELD, DET N.C.S CAC FT WINFIELD SCOTT-DET N.C.S CAC COLUMBIA, DET N.C.S CAC COLUMBIA OREGON-H AND S CO 3RD AA, MED DET 3RD AA SECTOR - USA TRANSPORTS WARREN MERRITT, PENN STATE COLLEGE TNG DET - SATC WEST TENN STATE MEMPHIS TENN, SATC UNIT EAST TENN -SATC STOUT INST MENOMONIW WIS, HQ DET 1ST MACHINE GUN -CO B 1ST MACH GUN BN, HQ DET 2ND MACHINE GUN -CO C 5TH MACH GUN BN, 12TH MACHINE GUN CO B - 15TH CO B MACH GUN BN, 15TH MACHINE GUN CO G - 19TH CO A MACH GUN BN, 19TH MACHINE GUN CO B - 24TH CO C MACH GUN BN, 24TH MACHINE GUN CO D - 41ST MACH GUN BN CO A, 41ST MACHINE GUN BN CO B - DET 102ND MACH GUN BN, 103RD MACHINE GUN BNHQ 52ND BRIGADE - CO C 106TH MACH GUN BN, 106RTH MACHINE GUN BNCO C-CO A 110TH MACH GUN BN, 110TH MACHINE GUN BN CO B-113TH MACH GUN BN CO C, 113TH MACHINE GUN BN CO D-118TH MACH GUN BN, 118TH MACHINE GUN BN CO B-ORD PERS 122ND MACH GUN BN, 122ND MACHINE GUN BN ORD PERS-ORD DET 126TH MACH GUN BN, CO A 126TH MACHINE GUN BN -HQ DET 130TH MACH GUN BN, 130TH MACHINE GUN BN -CO A 133TH MACH GUN BN, 133TH MACHINE GUN BN CO A -CO A 137TH MACH GUN BN, 137TH MACHINE GUN BN CO A -MED DET 142ND MACH GUN BN, 142TH MACHINE GUN BN ENLORD CORPS -CO A 146TH MACH GUN BN, 146TH MACHINE GUN BN CO A -CO C 149TH MACH GUN BN, 149TH MACHINE GUN BN CO D -CO B 302ND MACH GUN BN, 302ND MACHINE GUN BN CO B -CO B 306TH MACH GUN BN, 306ND MACHINE GUN BN CO B -310TH MACH GUN BN, 310ND MACHINE GUN BN CO B - CO C 313TH MACH GUN BN, 313TH MACHINE GUN BN CO C - CO A 317TH MACH GUN BN, 317TH MACHINE GUN BN CO A - CO D 320TH MACH GUN BN, 320TH MACHINE GUN BN - CO A 324TH MACH GUN BN, 324TH MACHINE GUN BN CO A - E.OC.M.A. The 42nd and 45th Infantry Divisions and the 20th Armored Division liberated Dachu, however there were many s ubcamps and soldiers with our unit, the 36th Infantry Division, often related in the stories they told to their families that they liberated Dachu, when technically it was a subcamp called Kaufring II in Landsburg. REPAIR UNIT,321,SEC 11 MOTOR TRANSPORT DEPOT. The 42nd Infantry ( Rainbow) Division's history as a unit began with America's entry into World War I. Amidst the rush by America to mobilize, individual states competed with each other for the honor to be the first to send their National Guard units to fight in the trenches of Europe. Roster, J. T. 3rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron 914 . A. Mann commanding. HQ DET 1ST MOTOR REPAIR BN-DETS 2ND MOTOR REPAIR BN. 7TH FIELD ARTILLERY HQ&HQ BTRY & CT 1ST BN-BTRY B 7TH FA, 7TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT DET REPL BN 3-HQ BTRY BN 8TH FA REGT. 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division: a combat history of World War II. Next, we located the series World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917 - 1985 (Record Group 407) that includes records of the 242nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry DIvision during WWII. After a month of extensive patrolling and active defense, the 42d went on the offensive, attacking through the Hardt Mountains, broke through the Siegfried Line, 15-21 March, cleared Dahn and Busenberg, and mopped up in that general area, while the Third Army created and expanded bridgeheads across the Rhine. Redburn, Alfred LeRoy 42nd Infantry Division 835. Richard J. Tallman , born 1925 in Honesdale, PA. DET 131ST CO CAC GUILFORD CONN. REDES 2ND CO CAC-10TH CO CAC L.I.S. Boyce, Syderick Clayton - 16th Armored Divison; 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th . It had left Buchenwald four weeks earlier on April 7 filled with more than 5,000 prisoners. DET S,C. 103RD CO TRANS CORPS-145TH COTRANS CORPS. 10TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT HQ BTRY- BATRY A 10TH FA REGT . CO A SEC B WASH NIV ST LOUIS, S.A.T.C SEC B WASH UNIV ST LOUIS - S.A.T.C. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. WWII, United States. 336TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY F-BTRY A 339TH FA REGT. Army. Redburn, Melvin Wilcox 559th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion, Tenth Air Force 836 . 342ND FIELD ARTILLERYBTRY D-BTRY F 343RD FA . SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 9340-SIG CORPS NO ROLLS 10461. Army Publisher Baton Rouge, LA : Army & Navy Publishing Company Collection wwIIarchive; additional_collections Language English NY Guardsman learns high angle shooting in Africa. The division headquarters is a unit of the New . 20TH FIELD ARTILLERY BTRY A-OFF REGT L HQ 21ST FA REGT. 332ND FIELD ARTILLERY REGT MED SAN-BTRY D 333RD FA REGT, 33RD FIELD ARTILLERY REGT BTRY D-BTRY C 335TH FA REGT. The 163d Regiment entered the struggle for the defense of Port Moresby, New Guinea, at Dobadura, 2 January 1943, and fought continuously along the Sanananda track until the 22d. (Getty Images) 12TH FA 1ST BN BTRY F-13TH FA HQ AND TRAIN. Assigned to VI Corps, Seventh Army, the Task Force entered combat in the vicinity of Strasbourg, relieving elements of the 36th Infantry Division, 24 December 1944. DET FIN DEPT FT MC DONNEL-FT WM MC KINLEY. FINANCE DET FT SILL-P.N.C. Joseph P. LeVeille) DJIBOUTI-- A New York Army National Guard Soldier attached to Task Force Wolfhound participates in high angle shooting training in Djibouti Africa on Feb. 13 2023. Publication date 1917] Topics United States. ANTI AIRCRAFT ARTY SCH FT DESTAINS FR-HQ DET 2ND CORP0S AERO SCH. 819TH CO TRANS CORPS-858TH CO TRANS CORPS. 859TH CO TRANS CORPS - CP ROBINSON AMER MISSION RES M.T.D.. 407TH MOTOR SUP TR HQ DET -RUSSIAN EXPED TC APO#717 CP, HQ DET TRANS CORPS AT LARGE CP-DET MED DEPT USAT CABLESHIP DELLWOOD CP. Newsletter, 42nd Infantry Division Rainbow, 1978 Box 111. This is a history of the combat infantry, of the artillery, the reconnaissance troop, the medical and engineer battalions, the signal, ordnance and quartermaster companies and of the division headquarters personnel." During World War II the 165th contained 12 companies, all of which were recruited solely from New York City. Be the first one to, Roster of the Rainbow division (forty-second) Major General Wm. It represented a cross section of the American people, as the rainbow represents a cross section of colors. HQ 3RD CORPS AREA -DET DEML ORGN RES HQ 317TH INF 3RD CORPS AREA. Digitized by the Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library, US Army Combined Arms Center. These prisoners had apparently crawled out of the cars and had died on the ground. Redburn, Howard Ralph US Navy 837 . To check the negative implications of this competition and . In size, these cars were of the small European type, which, when used for the movement of troops, would never accommodate more than 40 men. NG CO B- MISC DET 1ST CAV N.J. NG, 1ST CAC N.J. NG CO - CO I 1ST INF N.J. NG, 1ST INF N.J. NG CO I- CO C 4TH INF N.J. NG, 4TH INF N.J. NG CO D- CO B 5TH INF N.J. NG, 5TH INF N.J. NG CO C - ORD DEPOT 2ND M DET N.J. NG, 1ST FA NEW MEX NG BTRY A - 1ST INF N. MEX NG, 6TH DIVISION N.Y. NG HQ TRP - TRP H 1ST CAV N.Y. NG, 1ST CAV N.Y. NG TRP1 - DET SQ A CAV N.Y. NG, NEW YORK NG NCS CAC CD - 11TH CO 13TH CDC NY, 12TH CO NEW YORK CDC 13TH CDC - BTRY A 2ND NY FA NG, 2ND FA REGT N.Y. NG BTRY B - BTRY D 3RD NY FA NG, 3RD FA REGT N.Y. NG BTRY D - CO D 2ND NY INF NG, 2ND INF N.Y. NG CO D - CO D 3RD NY INF NG, 3RD INF N.Y. NG CO D - CO K 7TH NY INF NG, 7TH INF N.Y. NG CO L - CO A 12TH NY INF NG, 63TH FIELD ART CAC BTRY C - SERV BTRY 64TH CA, 14TH INF N.Y. NG FLD STAFF - CO L 15TH INF N.Y. NG, 15TH INF N.Y. NG CO M - SAN DET 47TH INF N.Y. NG, 47TH INF N.Y. NG MACH GUN CO - CO C 69TH INF N.Y. NG, 69TH INF N.Y. NG CO C- CO K 71ST INF N.Y. NG, 71ST INF N.Y. NG CO E- CO H 74TH INF N.Y. NG, 74TH INF N.Y. NG CO I- HQ ARTY SEC A N.Y. NG, SMALL ARMS SEC AMM TR- FLD STAFF 1ST INF N CAROLINA NG, 1ST INF N. CAROLINA NG HQ CO- CO K. 2ND INF N.C. NG, 2ND INF REGT CO L N.C. NG -MISC DET INF UNASGD N.C. NG FT OGLETHORPE GA, 1ST INF N DAK NG FLD & STAFF -HQ CO 1ST ENGRS OHIO NG, 14TH ENGRS OHIO NG MED &SAN DET -CO E 2ND FA OHIO NG, 2ND FIELD ARTILIERY OHIO NG BTRY E -CO K 2ND INF OHIO NG, 2ND INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO L -CO L 3RD INF OHIO NG, 3RD INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO M -CO B 5TH INF OHIO NG, 5TH INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO C -CO E 6TH INF OHIO NG, 6TH INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO F -CO E 8TH INF OHIO NG, 8TH INFRANTRY OHIO NG CO F -2ND FIELD HOSP OHIO NG, 3RD FIELD HOSP OHIO NG - CO E 1ST INF OKLA NG, 1ST INF REGT OKLA NG - 12TH CO CAC OREGON NG, MISC DETS C.A.C OREGON NG - CO G 3RD INF OREGON NG, 3RD INF OREGON NG CO H- TRP K. 1ST CAV PA NG, 2ND FLD ARTY PA NG BTRY B- DET CO I 1ST INF PA NG, 13TH INF PA NG FIELD STAFF AND BAND-CO E 16TH INF PA NG, 18TH INF PA NG CO L-INDIV ROSTER RHODE ISLAND NG, HQ PROV EN R.I CA NG -SUPPLY CO 1ST REGT INF S.C. NG, 1ST INF NG SUPPLY CO DETS - CO F 2ND INF S.C. NG, 2ND INF S.C NG CO F - CO B 4TH INF S.D. For information about the World War II History Center, click here. On Aug. 14, 2020, the 42nd Infantry Division marks 103 years of exemplary service to the nation. 321TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGT ENL ORD-BTRY B 322ND FA REGT. Army. . St. Paul, MN: Print Craft, 2004. THE QNC SCH SCHUYLKILL ARSENAL PA-SIG SCH DET FT MONMOUTH NJ. 17TH ENGR REGT BASE SEC 1 CO E - 1ST BN CO A DET 19TH ENGRS RWY, 19TH ENGR RWY CO B - 1ST BN CO A 20TH ENGR FORESTRY, 20TH ENGR FORESTRY CO A - CO B 20 ENGRS 5TH BN, 20TH ENGR REGT 5TH BN CO C - HQ DET 10TH BN 20TH ENGRS FORESTERY, 20TH ENGR REGT DET MED DEPT 10 BN - 27TH CO 20TH ENGRS REGT, 20TH ENGR MED DET 27TH CO - 7TH ENGRS SV CO FORESTERY, 2OTH ENGR REGT 7TH ENGT SV CO MED DET - CO B 21ST ENGR REGT, 21ST ENGR REGT CO B - CO E 22ND ENGR REGT, 23RD ENGR REGTOF ENGR TRX CO 7 - DET 23RD ENGR RECT, 24TH ENGR REGTHQ DET - CO C 25TH ENGR REGT, 25TH ENGR REGT CO C - CO E 26TH ENGR REGT, 26TH ENGR REGT CO E - CO D 28TH ENGR REGT, 28TH ENGR REGT N.A. In the town of Dachau, German opponents of the regime, including a few escaped concentration camp prisoners, took over the town hall, but the local SS put down the small rebellion and executed those among the insurgents whom they caught. DET FIN DEPT FT MONMOUTH-ROTC DET COLETHORPE. BN CO C, 308TH F FIELD SIG BN CO C-312TH FLD SIG BN DET, 313TH FIELD SIG BN HQ C-316TH FLD SIG BN CO B, 316TH FIELD SIG BN CO C-321ST FLD SIG BN CO B, 321ST FIELD SIG BN CO C-325TH FLD SIG BN DETS, 325TH FIELD SIG BN CP DETS-7TH TELEG BN CO E, 407TH TELEG BN S.C. CO E-CO E 413TH TELEG BN, SIGNAL CORPS DEPOT CO H-FLD CO I SIG CORPS, DET DEPOT CO L SIG CORPS SAN FRAN-CO M SIG CORPS USAT, USAT SIGNAL CORPS CO M-DET 2 SV SIG CORPS USAT, 3RD SERVICE SIGNAL CORPS-CAS DET 4TH SV SIG CORPS USAT, 4TH SERVICE SIGNAL CORPS-DET 5TH SV SIG CORPS, 5TH SERVICE SIGNAL CORPS-DET 6TH SV SIG CORPS.

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