6th TANK BATTALION
6th MARINE DIVISION

LINEAGE
1944 -1946
Activated September 1944 on Guadalcanal.
WWII
OKINAWA I April - 22 June 1945.  Deployed during October 1945 in Occupation of Tsingtao, North China until March 1946.  Disbanded overseas during 1946.The 6th Marine Division is the only Marine Division ever formed overseas and disbanded overseas

HONORS
6th TANK BATTALION
6th MARINE DIVISION

WORLD WAR II
OKINAWA - PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION