42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division: a combat history of World War II
United States Army, World War 1939-1945, Regimental histories, 42nd Infantry Division.
Under the Command of, Harry J. Collins, Major General, U.S. Army.
Dedicated to Those Who Fought and Died With the 42nd Rainbow Division
Description
The first Rainbow Division was composed of National Guard units from 27 US States and it was this collection of men which inspired General Douglas MacArthur, its most famous member, to declare. "The 42nd Infantry Division stretches like a Rainbow from one end of America to the other."
Major General Harry J. Collins, then Brigadier General, recalled the words of General MacArthur on that activation day when he told the veterans of the old Rainbow and the cadremen of the new...
"The Rainbow stretches across the land and represents the people of our country. This Division cannot fail because America cannot fail."
Publication Date: 1946
United States Army, World War 1939-1945, Regimental histories, 42nd Infantry Division.
Under the Command of, Harry J. Collins, Major General, U.S. Army.
Dedicated to Those Who Fought and Died With the 42nd Rainbow Division
Description
The first Rainbow Division was composed of National Guard units from 27 US States and it was this collection of men which inspired General Douglas MacArthur, its most famous member, to declare. "The 42nd Infantry Division stretches like a Rainbow from one end of America to the other."
Major General Harry J. Collins, then Brigadier General, recalled the words of General MacArthur on that activation day when he told the veterans of the old Rainbow and the cadremen of the new...
"The Rainbow stretches across the land and represents the people of our country. This Division cannot fail because America cannot fail."
Publication Date: 1946
