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
Color Guard of the 6th Infantry, 1945 See also:Another image
G.I.'s of Company I, 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division, advance up the side of a hill on the Kebayashi Line near Manila, Luzon, March 1945.
The 172nd Infantry Brigade was a light infantry brigade of the United States Army stationed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska and later moved its headquarters to Grafenwöhr, Germany. An active duty independe
6th Infantry Division (United States)
…incarnation of the Division came on 16 April 1986 under the command of Major General Johnnie H. Corns at Fort Richardson, Alaska when the assets of the 172nd Infantry Brigade were used to reactivate the 6th Infantry Division (Light). Over the next seven years the 6th was the U.S. Army's primary Arctic warfare division. The…
Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepare to cross an open field during a cordon and search mission in Ur, Iraq in 2006.
Formal reactivation ceremony
transfer of authority ceremony on FOB Kalsu, 18 December 2008