Unit Citation. The citation reads: During the war, the 6th Marine Division had two Seabee Battalions posted to it. The 53rd Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) was a component of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade. Later the 58th NCB replaced them for the invasion of Okinawa. (see: Seabees) Guam and China In July 1945, the 6th division was withdrawn from Okinawa to the island of Guam to prepare for Operation Coronet, the planned invasion of Honshū, Japan that was supposed to occur in March 1946 but the Japanese surrendered in August 1945. While the 4th Marines were sent for brief occupation duty in Japan, the rest of the 6th spent September in Guam preparing for duty in China. The division arrived in Tsingtao, China on 11 October 1945 where it remained until it was disbanded on April 1, 1946, being replaced by the 3d Marine Brigade. In its time at Tsingtao the division not only accepted the surrender of local Japanese forces (on October 25) but also oversaw their subsequent repatriation to Japan; prevented the communists from attacking the surrendered Japanese forces and dissuaded communist forces from advancing on the city, restored and maintained order, and came to be seen as the protector of minority groups in the former German concession. Command structure The 6th Division had two commanders during its short existence: Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., 7 September 1944 – 24 December 1945 Major General Archie F. Howard, 24 December 1945 – 1 April 1946 Assistant Division Commander Brigadier General William T. Clement, November 1944 – 1 April 1946 Chief of Staff Colonel John T. Walker, 7 September 1944 – 16 November 1944 Colonel John C. McQueen, 17 November 1944 – 16 February 1946 Colonel Harry E. Dunkelberger, 17 February 1946 – 1 April 1946 Personnel Officer (G-1) Major Addison B. Overstreet, 7 September 1944 – 22 July 1945 Colonel Karl K. Louther, 23 July 1945 – 17 November 1945 Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Belton, 18 November 1945 – 31 March 1946 Intelligence Officer (G-2) Lieutenant Colonel August Larson, 7 September 1944 – 30 September 1944 Major William R. Watson, Jr., 1 October 1944 – 9 November 1944 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. Williams, 10 November 1944 – 16 February 1946 Lieutenant Colonel Carl V. Larsen, 17 February – 31 March 1946 Operations Officer (G-3) Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Culhane, Jr., 7 September 1944 – 10 November 1944 Lieutenant Colonel