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United States Army 6th Infantry Division (Red Star)
U. S. ARMY 6TH INFANTRY DIVISION (RED STAR) - 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".
The 6th Infantry Division was Activated: November 1917. The division went overseas in June 1918, and saw 43 days of combat. Casualties totalled 386 (KIA: 38; WIA: 348). The division returned to U.S. in June 1919. Deactivated: 30 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois.
The 6th Infantry was reactivated: October 12, 1939 and arrived overseas on July 21, 1943. The division received 7 Distinguished Unit Citations, 2 Medals of Honor, 10 DSC, 3 DSM, 697 SS, 18 LM, 3 DFC, 94 SM, 3,797 BSM AND 45 AM.
The division moved to Hawaii in July and August 1943 to assume defensive positions on Oahu, training meanwhile in jungle warfare. The division first saw combat in the Toem-Wakde area of Dutch New Guinea, engaging in active patrolling June,14-18. Moving west of Toem, it fought the bloody Battle of Lone Tree Hill, June 21-30th, and secured the Maffin Bay area by July 12th. After a brief rest, the division made an assault landing at Sansapor, July 30th, on the Vogelkop Peninsula. T he 6th secured the coast from Cape Waimak to the Mega River and garrisoned the area until December 1944.
The division landed at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, in the Philippines on D-day, January 9, 1945, and pursued the Japanese into the Cabanatuan hills, capturing Muñoz on February 7th. After the war, the division moved to Korea and controlled the southern half of the United States zone of occupation until inactivated.
WWII Casualties
- Total battle casualties: 2,370
- Killed in action: 410
- Wounded in action: 1,957
- Missing in action: 3
