Cut edge 6th Inf Division

Original WWII cut edge shoulder insignia of the 6th Infantry Division.

The division went overseas in June 1918 and saw 43 days of combat. Casualties totaled 386 (KIA: 38; WIA: 348).

The 6th Division saw combat in the Geradmer sector, Vosges, France, from September 3 to October 18, 1918, and during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive from November 1 to 11, 1918.[2] Furthermore, the 11th Field Artillery Battalion engaged earlier in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and fought from October 19 until the armistice.

The division moved to Hawaii in July and August 1943 to assume defensive positions on Oahu, training in jungle warfare in the meantime. It moved to Milne Bay, New Guinea, on 31 January 1944, and trained until early June 1944. The division first saw combat in the Toem-Wakde area, Dutch New Guinea , engaging in active patrols from 14 to 18 June, after taking up positions 6.–14 June. Moving west from Toem, he fought the bloody Battle of Lone Tree Hill, June 21–30, and secured the Maffin Bay area on July 12.

After a brief rest, the division made an assault landing at Sansapor on 30 July on the Vogelkop peninsula. The 6th secured the coast from Cape Waimak to the Mega River and guarded the garrison until December 1944.

The division landed in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines, on D-Day, January 9, 1945, and pursued the Japanese into the Cabanatuan Hills, January 17–21, capturing Muñoz on February 7. On January 27, special operations units, also attached to the US Sixth Army, took part in the Cabanatuan raid. The division then moved northeast to Dingalan Bay and Baler Bay on February 13, isolating enemy forces in southern Luzon. The US 1st Infantry Regiment operated on Bataan with Philippine Commonwealth forces, February 14–21, cutting off the Abucay Peninsula at Bagac.

The division then took part in the Battle of Manila, moving to the Shimbu Line northeast of Manila, on February 24, took Mount Mataba, on April 17, Mount Pacawagan, on April 29, Bolog, on the 29th. June, Lane's Ridge of Mount Santo Domingo, July 10. and Kiangan, July 12. The 6th remained with Philippine military forces in the Cagayan Valley and Cordilleras Mountains until VJ Day.

After the war, the division moved to Korea and controlled the southern half of the United States Occupation Zone until it was inactivated.