The Rainbow Division: A March To Hell and Back Christmas 1917, Then Back to the Battlefield
In 1917, ‘Rainbow Division’ Celebrated Christmas in France By Eric Durr, New York National Guard In December 1917, the soldiers of the National Guard’s 42nd Division were all in France, waiting for training in the trench warfare that defined World War I in Europe. The division’s 27,000 troops had started moving to France in October …