The division is now part of the New York Army National Guard, headquartered in Troy In the earliest days of 1945, the infantrymen of the 42nd Infantry Division, now a part of the New York Army National Guard, were locked in desperate combat against German tanks and paratroopers during Hitler’s final offensive in Western Europe. … Continue reading 42nd Infantry Division Soldiers were in desperate combat in January 1945 at “other Battle of the Bulge”