Images and documents donated by 6th Infantry Division and their families. Thank you to the National Archives and Records Administration for use of media throughout the website.
Images and documents donated by 6th Infantry Division and their families. Thank you to the National Archives and Records Administration for use of media throughout the website.
I was assigned to the short-lived 6th Infantry Division during the Sixties. I was an FO with the 6/1st Artillery at Fort Campbell. In addition to the regular artillery unit training during that time, we also underwent civil disturbance training. The unit deactivated while I was away at CBR school at Fort McClellan, AL, and I returned to an independent, combined arms, brigade-sized unit that was cobbled together from the 6th. I cannot remember what it was called at that point. We continued to train and undergo testing until I left in November for reassignment to a battalion of the 7th Division Artillery in Korea. My time with the 6th was short, but I look back at it as an enjoyable and rewarding assignment. It was my first unit experience as a newly commissioned Redleg.