Identified uniform grouping of US Army First Sergeant Ruark of the 6th Infantry Division. The lot includes 1) Inter War Period uniform with a red felt 6th Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, 1st Sergeant Chevrons, Three Gold Overseas Stripes and 4 Enlistment Stripes and one wound stripe. The uniform is complete and roughly a size 38R. 2) WWIII US Army 4 pocket tunic that also has a matching red felt 6th Infantry SSI, First Sergeant Chevrons and you can see where 5 enlistment chevrons were removed from the tunic. 3) WWII US Army 6th Infantry Division Tunic with Master Sergeant Chevrons, three gold overseas stripes and 5 enlistment stripes. Excellent 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", it was previously called the "Sight Seein' Sixth".World War I: Activated: November 1917 Subordinate Units: Headquarters, 6th Division 11th Infantry Brigade 51st Infantry Regiment 52nd Infantry Regiment 17th Machine Gun Battalion 12th Infantry Brigade 53rd Infantry Regiment 54th Infantry Regiment 18th Machine Gun Battalion 6th Field Artillery Brigade 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 11th Field Artillery Regiment (155 mm) 78th Field Artillery Regiment (75 mm) 6th Trench Mortar Battery 16th Machine Gun Battalion 318th Engineer Regiment 6th Field Signal Battalion Headquarters Troop, 6th Division 6th Train Headquarters and Military Police 6th Ammunition Train 6th Supply Train 6th Engineer Train 6th Sanitary Train 20th, 37th, 38th, and 40th Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 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.[2] Separately the 11th Field Artillery Battalion became engaged earlier in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and fought from 19 October to the Armistice. Commanders: Commanding officers (26 November 1917 – 1 June 1919) Col. Charles E. Tayman 26 November 1917 – 28 December 1917 Brig. Gen. James Brailsford Erwin 29 December 1917 – 27 August 1918 Maj. Gen. Walter H. Gordon 28 August 1918 – 1 June 1919 Interwar period: The division returned to the U.S. in June 1919, and was demobilized, less the 12th Infantry Brigade and certain supporting units, on 30 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois. During the interwar period, elements of the 6th Division were located within the Sixth Corps Area as part of the VI Army Corps. By mid-1927, most of the other elements of the division had been organized with Organized Reserve personnel as Regular Army Inactive units.World War II: Color Guard of the 6th Infantry, 1945 See also:Another image Activated: 12 October 1939 at Fort Lewis, Washington State Overseas: 21 July 1943 Campaigns: Luzon, New Guinea Days of combat: 306 Distinguished Unit Citations: 7 Awards: MH: 2, DSC: 10, DSM: 3, SS: 697, LM: 18, DFC: 3, SM: 94, BSM: 3,797, AM: 45. Subordinate Units: Order of battle: Headquarters, 6th Infantry Division 1st Infantry Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 63rd Infantry Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 6th Infantry Division Artillery 1st Field Artillery Battalion 51st Field Artillery Battalion 53rd Field Artillery Battalion 80th Field Artillery Battalion 6th Engineer Combat Battalion 6th Medical Battalion 6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Headquarters, Special Troops, 6th Infantry Division Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry Division 706th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 6th Quartermaster Company 6th Signal Company Military Police Platoon Band 6th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment Nickname: "Sightseeing Sixth" Inactivated: 10 January 1949 in Korea World War II combat chronicle: 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. The division landed at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, in the Philippines on D-day, 9 January 1945, and pursued the Japanese into the Cabanatuan hills, 17–21 January, capturing Muñoz on 7 February. On 27 January, Special Operations units also attached to the Sixth United States Army took part in the Raid at Cabanatuan. The division then drove northeast to Dingalan Bay and Baler Bay, 13 February, isolating enemy forces in southern Luzon. The U.S. 1st Infantry Regiment operated on Bataan together with the Philippine Commonwealth forces, 14–21 February, cutting the peninsula from Abucay to Bagac. The division then took part in the Battle of Manila, shifting to the Shimbu Line northeast of Manila, on 24 February to take part in the longest continuous combat operation of the division in the Battle of Wawa Dam. The 6th Division faced a tough seesaw battle versus the Shimbu Group as the Japanese Shimbu Group created network of tunnels, artillery positions, and machine gun nests in the hill country of Antipolo, San Mateo, and Montalban in Rizal Province. The terrain is formed by sharp hills and deep valleys, where direct assaults could be made in a day, and the next day units would be forced to retreat. The 6th Division took Mount Mataba on 17 April, Mount Pacawagan on 29 April,Bolog on 29 June, Lane's Ridge of Mount Santo Domingo on 10 July, and Kiangan, 12 July. The 6th remained with the Philippine Military forces in the Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera Mountains until VJ-day. After the war, the division moved to Korea and controlled the southern half of the United States zone of occupation until inactivated. Casualties: Total battle casualties: 2,370 Killed in action: 410 Wounded in action: 1,957 Missing in action: 3 Medal of Honor recipients Medal of Honor recipients for the 6th Infantry Division during World War II: Corporal Melvin Mayfield of Company D, 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division—Cordillera Mountains, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 29 July 1945 Second Lieutenant (then T/Sgt.) Donald E. Rudolph of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division—Munoz, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 February 1945.