In his selection, only those units which had shown marked ability making them worthy of distinction were chosen, the majority having seen actual service either in the Spanish-American War or during the more recent border troubles. To be among them is an honor of which any man can justly be proud; for being so chosen is significant of the proven ability that our country appreciates. One hundred million people depend upon the Rainbow Division to carry Old Glory to victory on the battlefields of Europe. The division is selected to be among the first to France and to be America’s representatives in the greatest struggle of the ages.
May its career be as brilliant as the rainbow itself.
Lieutenant Harold Stanley Johnson
151st Field Artillery (1st Minnesota)
Camp Mills, Long Island
October 12, 1917
Forty-Second Division
MAJOR-GENERAL WM. A. MANN, Commanding
- Headquarters Division
- Headquarters Troop (2nd Louisiana Cavalry)
- Headquarters Military Police (Virginia C. A. C.)
- 117th Field Signal Battalion (Missouri)
- 117th Ammunition Train (Kansas)
- 117th Supply Train (Texas)
- 149th Machine Gun Battalion (4th Pennsylvania)
- Ordnance Detachment
- 117th Engineer Regiment (So. Carolina and California)
- 117th Engineer Train (North Carolina)
- 67th Artillery Brigade
- 149th Regiment Field Artillery (1st Illinois)
- 150th Regiment Field Artillery—Heavy (1st Indiana)
- 151st Regiment Field Artillery (1st Minnesota)
- 117th Trench Mortar Battery (3rd & 4th Co.’s, Maryland C. A. C.)
- 83rd Infantry Brigade
- 165th Regiment Infantry (69th New York)
- 166th Regiment Infantry (4th Ohio)
- 150th Machine Gun Battalion (Co.’s 1, 2, and 3, 2nd Wisconsin)
- 84th Infantry Brigade
- 167th Regiment Infantry (4th Alabama)
- 168th Regiment Infantry (3rd Iowa)
- 151st Machine Gun Battalion (Co.’s B, C, and F, 2nd Georgia)
- 117th Sanitary Train
- Ambulance Section
- 165th Ambulance Co. (1st New Jersey)
- 166th Ambulance Co. (1st Tennessee)
- 167th Ambulance Co. (1st Oklahoma)
- 168th Ambulance Co. (1st Michigan)
- Hospital Section
- 165th Field Hospital Corps (1st Dist. of Columbia)
- 166th Field Hospital Corps (1st Nebraska)
- 167th Field Hospital Corps (1st Oregon)
- 168th Field Hospital Corps (1st Colorado)
- Ambulance Section
- Bakery Co. No. 18
- Y. M. C. A. Staff
MAJOR-GENERAL. WILLIAM A. MANN
Commanding Rainbow (42nd) Division