2ND MARINE DIVISION · CAMP LEJEUNE, NC
6TH MARINE REGIMENT
"Fighting Sixth" — Keep Moving
Activated in 1917. Earned the name "Teufelhunden" at Belleau Wood when the Germans couldn't break them. Fought across the Pacific at Tarawa, Saipan, and Okinawa. Rolled through the Iraqi desert in '91 and kicked in doors in Fallujah in '04. Over a century of Marines carrying the same colors into the worst places on earth.
107Years Active
6Wars Fought
19Campaign Streamers
3Croix de Guerre
Campaign Streamers & Battle Honors
Belleau Wood
Soissons
Meuse-Argonne
St. Mihiel
Croix de Guerre ×3
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Tinian
Okinawa
Presidential Unit Citation ×2
Desert Shield
Desert Storm
OIF — Fallujah
OEF — Helmand
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1917–1918
WORLD WAR I
Where the legend started. Belleau Wood earned them "Teufelhunden."
Belleau Wood · Soissons · Meuse-Argonne · St. Mihiel
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1942–1945
WORLD WAR II
Pacific island hopping at its bloodiest. Tarawa, Saipan, Okinawa.
Guadalcanal · Tarawa · Saipan · Tinian · Okinawa
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1990–1991
GULF WAR
100 hours on the ground. The 6th Marines breached the minefields into Kuwait.
Desert Shield · Desert Storm
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2003–2009
OIF
Second Battle of Fallujah. Door-to-door through the city of mosques.
Fallujah · Ramadi · Al Anbar Province
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2009–2014
OEF
Helmand Province. The poppy fields and compound clearing.
Helmand · Marjah · Sangin
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