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May 28, 2012
The Rainbow Division Memorial
This memorial stands in a farm in Croix Rouge, France, in honor of the sacrifice of the soldiers of the 42nd Infantry Division's 167th Alabama and 168th Iowa Regiments, of WWI. The 42nd was nicknamed "Rainbow" by then Col. Douglas MacArthur, who described the 26 National Guard units within the division as "stretching across America like a rainbow."
The 42nd Infantry Division is a New York National Guard unit today, and served in Iraq.
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