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1st Battalion 6th Marines (1/6) is an Infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Lejeune , North Carolina . Also known as "", it consists of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the 6th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division . SUBORDINATE UNITS
HISTORY World War I 1/6 was activated on 11 July 1917 at Quantico, Virginia as the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. They deployed to France from September to October 1917 and were assigned to the 4th Brigade, 2nd Division (Army), American Expeditionary Force. They participated in the following World War I campaigns offensive campaigns:
and the following defensive campaigns:
From December 1918 to July 1919 the 1/6 particated in the Occupation of the Rineland. They relocated to Qunatico, Virginia in August 1919 and were deactivated on 20 August 1919 . 1922 - 1942 1/6 was reactived on June 12 , 1922 and participated in maneuvers at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. From June-July 1922, they were assigned to the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force. In January to September 1925 they deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, returning to Norfolk, Virginia. They were deactivated on October 1 , 1925 . Reactivated on 29 March 1927 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they deployed from March to June 1927 to San Diego, California. 1/6 was again deactivated in March 1929. Reactived on September 9 , 1934 at Norfolk, Virginia, 1/6 relocated to San Diego during September to October 1934 and then deploted to Shanghai, China in August 1937 where they were assigned to the 2nd Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force. They returned to San Diego during February to April 1936. On 1 February 1941 , the 2nd Marine Brigade was redesignated as the 2nd Marine Division, FMF. 1/6 deployed during May to July 1941 to Reykjavik, Iceland and was re-assigned to the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade. World War II 1/6 relocated during March 1942 to San Diego, California and were reassigned to the 2nd Marine Division, FMF. From October to November 1942 they deployed to Wellington, New Zealand . They participated in the following World War II campaigns:
In September 1945, they deployed to Nagasaki, Japan where they participated in the Occupation of Japan from September 1945 to June 1945. 1946 - 1989 In July 1946, 1/6 relocated to Camp Pendleton , California and were reassigned to the 3rd Marine Brigade, FMF. Then in July 1947, they were reassigned to the 1st Marine Division and were deactivated on 1 October 1947 . RELOCATED DURING ULY 1946 TO CAMP PENDELTON, CALIFORNIA 1/6 reactivated on 7 October 1949 to Camp Lejeune , North Carolina and were assigned to the 2nd Marine Division. They have subsequently deployed at various times as Battalion Landing Team 1/6 in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean from January 1950. They participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis in October to November 1962 and in the intervention in the Dominican Republic from April to June 1965. Elements of the 1/6 deployed to Panama in January to July 1989. Global War on Terror 1/6 participated in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1991. They have been deployed to Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom . EXTERNAL LINKS |