The commander of the New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Jack James, joined with surviving U.S. Army liberators and descendants in Dachau, Germany, on May 4, 2025 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi Germany’s notorious Dachau Concentration Camp.
James, with a contingent of division leaders and the colors of the Army’s famous “Rainbow Division,” joined with representatives and descendants of the 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions for the ceremony.
The three units are credited with liberating the Dachau Concentration Camp on Sunday, April 29, 1945.
“It’s an incredible honor to represent the Rainbow Division on behalf of our division’s veterans,” James...