GARDEN CITY, On August 12 2017, Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's (NYARNG) 42nd Infantry Division, veterans who served in the Division, members of the 42nd Rainbow Division Veterans Foundation, 42nd Rainbow Division Association, past and present Commanders of the 42nd Infantry Division, and honored guests celebrated the Division's 100th anniversary during a ceremony held at the Rainbow Division World War I Memorial located at the Rainbow Division Plaza, Garden City, NY, which now stands at the entrance to what was known as Camp Mills, a World War I training camp. Orders cr
GARDEN CITY, On August 12 2017, Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's (NYARNG) 42nd Infantry Division, veterans who served in the Division, members of the 42nd Rainbow Division Veterans Foundation, 42nd Rainbow Division Association, past and present Commanders of the 42nd Infantry Division, and honored guests celebrated the Division's 100th anniversary during a ceremony held at the Rainbow Division World War I Memorial located at the Rainbow Division Plaza, Garden City, NY, which now stands at the entrance to what was known as Camp Mills, a World War I training camp. Orders creating the division were dated 1 August 1917 and the division's Soldiers began assembly at Camp Mills on August 20, 1917. During the ceremony, Major General Harry E. Miller Jr., Mobilization Assistant to the Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, and former Commander of the 42nd Infantry Division from April 2013 – February 2017, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by Brigadier General Raymond F. Shields Jr., Commander of the New York Army National Guard and Assistant Adjutant General, Army for the State of New York and the current Commander of the 42nd Infantry Division, Brigadier General Steven Ferrari. Major General Steven Ferrari, the Commander of the 42nd Infantry Division, and Major General (retired) Joseph Taluto, President of the Rainbow Division Veterans Foundation, where the guest speakers for the ceremony, and music was provided by the 42nd Infantry Division Band. Taluto commanded the division during its most recent combat deployment; to Tikrit, Iraq in 2005. A wreath was placed at the Memorial by BG Ferrari and representatives from the various 42nd Infantry Division Veterans groups and local government representatives. After the ceremony, a ceremonial cake was cut by Major General Steven Ferrari, the Commander of the 42nd Infantry Division, Major General (retired) Joseph Taluto and the 42nd Rainbow Association, to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of t
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