Montgomery County, Iowa
Military

Camp Mills
Rainbow Division

From Camp Dodge, the 168th Infantry was taken to the Polk County Fair grounds, loaded on a train and transported to Camp Mills, Long Island. They arrived in mid-September 1917 and were taken into the 42nd Division along with troops from about a couple of dozen other states.

Because of this diversity, the Division Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, renamed the group the Rainbow Division.

Camp Mills, Rainbow Division Site

~ contributed by Bill Reiley (grandson of Oliver Reiley)

Source: Red Oak Sun