Shoulder sleeve insignia of the U.S. Sixth Army.

The US Sixth Army was activated in January 1943, commanded by Lieutenant General Walter Krueger. Under the code name Alamo Force, it assumed control of the majority of US Army units involved in Operation Cartwheel, the campaign to isolate the neutralise the Japanese base at Rabaul in New Britain. Following the completion of Cartwheel, Sixth Army joined Australian Army and other US forces on the north coast of New Guinea. Similar in conception to the island hopping operations of the central Pacific, the object of the attacks was to land, establish a garrison and airfield which could support the next strike, and then move on. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Walter Krueger (1881-1967) was a German-American soldier and general in the first half of the 20th century. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... The eastern part of the Territory of New Guinea, and the northern Solomon Islands; the area in which Operation Cartwheel took place, from June 1943. ... Space Radar Image of Rabaul Volcano Rabaul was the capital of East New Britain province, on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea until 1994. ... (This article is about the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. ... The Australian Army Emblem The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ...

In September 1944, Sixth Army was released from operations in New Guinea by the US Eighth Army. On 20 October 1944, X Corps and XXIV Corps, under Sixth Army, invaded Leyte in the Philippines. By December, Leyte was almost secure, and Sixth Army was relieved again by Eighth Army to prepare for the invasion of Luzon. As a prelude to that invasion, the island of Mindoro was invaded by the Western Visayan Task Force comprising the 19th and 503rd Regimental Combat Teams. Luzon itself was invaded on 9 January 1945 by I and XIV Corps. Sixth Army units fought south until they met up those of Eighth Army advancing from around Manila. Sixth Army then continued to clear the north of Luzon until the end of the war. The US Eighth Army is the commanding formation of all US Army troops in South Korea. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... X Corps was a unit of the United States Army that took part in the invasion of Leyte under Sixth Army during 1944. ... This article is about the island. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzón, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Mindoro is the fourth-largest island in the Philippines. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Unit crest of the United States Army I Corps, Americas Corps. ... The history of XIV Army Corps in World War II dates from December, 1942. ... Manila (Filipino: Maynila) is the capital city of the Philippines. ...

Sixth Army was to have provided the ground forces for the first phase of the invasion of Japan, but the surrender changed that. Occupation duty then followed for a short while until Sixth Army returned to the United States. Sixth Army then took responsibility for training of Army forces from part of the continental United States until it was inactivated as part of force reductions.