Topic: Illinois National Guard

Chicago gets 2 Army National Guard units

The Illinois Army National Guard is reactivating two Chicago-area units eliminated in 2008. . . The 1744th Transportation Company in Streator and ...
The olive-colored service jacket worn by Gen. George C. Marshall while he was in charge of instruction for the 33rd Division of the Illinois National Guard is now part of the National Guard Memorial Museum."It's one of the most valuable ...

The Guard in Chicago

Magazine ArchivesBelow is an excerpt from the October 1968 issue of NATIONAL GUARD. It's part of a periodic series of historically relevant articles from the magazine's 60 years of archives.Thorough planning, close coordination, intensive training, strict