‘Rainbow Division’s’ New York National Guardsmen fought in first American attack of WWI

Eric Durr, New York National Guard When the U.S. Army launched the first American-planned and -led battle of World War I on Sept. 12, 1918, the 42nd Division was on the leading edge of the attack. The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was the first time in WWI that an American Army went into the attack on …