rainbowdivision
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"Craps" at camp (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded July 2017
Col. Wm. N. Hughes Jr., Rainbow Div. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded February 2017
[Cards] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2017
[Cards] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2017
[Gambling] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2017
Officers of Rainbow Division (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2017
U.S. troops at landing port, France (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded April 2016
Typical Young Americans Welcoming Chance To Fight (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2011
Colonel Donovan and staff of 165th Infantry, passing under the Victory Arch, New York City., 1919 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2010
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Officers of Rainbow Division (LOC)
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Art Siegel said:
"Rainbow Division The 42nd came to be known as the "Rainbow Division". When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, it federalized National Guard divisions to quickly build up an Army. In addition, Douglas MacArthur, then a major, suggested to William A. Mann, the head of the Militia Bureau, that he form another division from the non-divisional units of several states. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker approved the proposal, and recalled Douglas MacArthur saying that such an organization would "stretch over the whole country like a rainbow." The division was created using units from 26 states and the District of Columbia. The name stuck, and MacArthur was promoted to colonel as the division chief of staff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
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B-59 said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
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B-59 said:
The New-York tribune., May 02, 1919, Page 8 printed this photo with the caption: "Major General C. A. F. Flagler, commanding the 42d (Rainbow) Division in Germany, is in the centre of the front row. At his left is Lieutenant Colonel Stanley M. Rambaugh and at his right Colonel William N. Hughes, jr. Rear, left to right, are Captain James M. Boyd, Major R. H. Bertram, Major Robert J. Gill and Lieutenant H. W. Fletcher. The photograph was taken at Division Headquarters in Ahrweiler." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-05-02/ed-...
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B-59 said:
Clement Alexander Finley Flagler (1867-1922), Major General, United States Army www.arlingtoncemetery.net/caflagler.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Flagler
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Art Siegel said:
Caption from Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs (1919) provides some different/additional info: "46321. Officers living at commanding general's quarters, Forty-second Division, at Ahrweiler, Germany. Left to right, first row : Col. William N. Hughes, jr. ; Maj. Gen. C. A. F. Flagler, commanding Forty-second Division : Lieut. Col. Stanley M. Rambough. Second row : Capt. James M. Boyd Maj. R. H. Bertram, Maj. Robert J. Gill, Lieut. H. W. Fletcher. Ahrweiler, Germany. January 8, 1919" archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n507/mode/2up
