The 6th Infantry Division of World War II, which holds the unchallenged record for continuous combat in the Pacific Theater, played a major role in the subjugation of the Japanese warlords. Among their many outstanding contributions to the final victory, wearers of the famous Red Star Insignia fought the bloodiest battle of the New Guinea campaign at Lone Tree hill, Maffin Bay; Officially terminated the New Guinea campaign by making the last major amphibious assault at Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea; Landed in the assault waves at Lingayen Gulf to spearhead the drive for the liberation of Manila; and highlighted the greatest concentration of Japanese armored strength ever encountered in the Pacific; Drove across Bataan Peninsula, the first American troops to enter Central Bataan since the infamous Death March; Fought 219 days of continuous combat on Luzon, averaging 100 enemy casualties per day, to establish the record for the Pacific Theatre; At the end of the war were the most heavily engaged troops in the United States Army, still fighting Yamashita's men on Luzon. This history of the division tells the story of these achievements and of others fully as an important, but primarily it is a story of the men who made the victories possible and who made the “Sightseeing 6th” a renowned fighting outfit. -- From the foreword, written by William J. Barnhard, Captain, Infantry Public Relations Officer.

Part one. Training and maneuvers. Reactivation of the division -- Louisiana maneuvers -- Fort Leonard Wood -- Tennessee maneuvers -- Desert maneuvers -- Camp San Luis Obispo -- Hawaii -- Part 2. Red Star in combat. Milne Bay -- Maffin Bay Campaign -- Campaign on the Sansapor coast -- The assault landing on Luzon -- The Purple Heart Valley Campaign -- The battle of the Cabaruan Hills -- The Battle of Munoz -- The drive to the East Coast -- The return to Bataan -- Cracking the Shimbu Line -- Mopping up in central Luzon -- The campaign in the Cordilleras -- End of World War II -- Photographic supplement: Korea. Part 3. Appendix. Leaders of the Sightseers -- World War I: The Sightseeing Sixth -- Unit histories -- Decorations -- In memoriam -- National Association of the Sixth division.