6th Infantry Division (United States)
| 6th Infantry Division | |
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6th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia
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| Active | 1917–21 1939–1949 1986–1994 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Army
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| Role | Light infantry (1986–94) |
| Size | Division |
| Nickname(s) | "Red Star", "Sight Seein' Sixth", |
| Motto(s) | Sight Seein' Sixth |
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| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Edwin D. Patrick Orlando Ward Robert T. Frederick |
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The 6th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army active in World War I, World War II, and the last years of the Cold War. Known as "Red Star", and formerly called the "Sight Seein' Sixth".
Activated: November 1917
Subordinate Units:
The division went overseas in June 1918, and saw 43 days of combat. Casualties totalled 386 (KIA: 38; WIA: 348).
The 6th Division saw combat in the Geradmer sector, Vosges, France, 3 September – 18 October 1918, and during the Meuse-Argonne offensive 1–11 November 1918. Separately the 11th Field Artillery Battalion became engaged earlier in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and fought from 19 October to the Armistice.
The division returned to U.S. in June 1919. Deactivated: 30 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois.
Activated: 12 October 1939
Inactivated: 10 January 1949 in Korea
The division moved to Hawaii in July and August 1943 to assume defensive positions on Oahu, training meanwhile in jungle warfare. It moved to Milne Bay, New Guinea, 31 January 1944, and trained until early June 1944. The division first saw combat in the Toem-Wakde area of Dutch New Guinea, engaging in active patrolling 14–18 June, after taking up positions 6–14 June. Moving west of Toem, it fought the bloody Battle of Lone Tree Hill, 21–30 June, and secured the Maffin Bay area by 12 July.
After a brief rest, the division made an assault landing at Sansapor, 30 July, on the Vogelkop Peninsula. The 6th secured the coast from Cape Waimak to the Mega River and garrisoned the area until December 1944.
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