Ranger50

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**//__MY RESEARCH PAGE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THESES 2 PLANS__//**
1. My first topic is the 8th Tank Battalion 2. What I already know: Who? A group of soldiers that are part of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. What? A group of soldiers who used tanks. When? Why? It was f How? I don't know how this was formed but It probably has to do with the tanks providing support on the shores (etc...). 3. What I want to know: Who? A more in depth perception of who they are and what they did. What? What battles they fought in and what they did. When? When was this group formed and when was the battles they fought in. Why? I want to know why this group was formed and for what purpose. How? I want to know how they worked together and How they adapted to problems. 4. My research strategy: Who? Maybe some past corps members or any teachers who know. What? Im going to use expert sites and books to see what role they had. When? Whenever I can use the computer. Why? To figure out more about the army. How? I'll use whatever I need to figure out more about my topic. KEY WORDS IN SEARCHING: 8th Tank Battalion, U.S. marine tank battalions, tank groups, etc....

1. My second topic is Candle Kites 2. What I already know: Who? I don't know who first made a Candle kite. What? A kite that flys using a candle. (Probably the hot gases generated from the fire like a airballoon) When? I don't know when this kite was first made. Why? I don't know why they where made. How? I have a vaque idea of a candle in a balloon like thing but I don't know. 3. What I want to know: Who? Who actually makes these and who was first? What? What is a candle kite in the first place? Why? Why was a candle kite made? When? How long does it take to make one and when was it first made? How? How do you make a candle kite? 4. My research strategy: Who? Teachers/Parents What? Books or expert websites Why? To figure out all about a Candle Kite When? Whenever it is needed. How? By using the internet and other materials.

Approved topic (for now): Tank

=**//__The 8th Tank Battalion__//**=

As I have found out (cited from the site listed below) "The mission of the 8th Tank Battalion is to provide combat power to the Marine Division in the amphibious and subsequent operations ashore, utilizing maneuver, armor protected firepower, and shock action to disrupt, disorganize, and destroy the enemy, his command and control, communications and logistics." The 8th Tank Battalion is one of two tank battalions in the Marine Corps. Reserve and this group is within the 4th Marine Division. The battalion can be assigned to one of three infantry regiments in the 4th Marine Division for support during missons. The HQ or brains of this battalion is in Rochester, New York although the real manpower of this group is spread out over six different locations. The 8th Tank Battalion was made during the Fall of 1949 and it's original destination was the 10th Tank Battalion. The first tank the 8th Tank Battalion used was the M4A3E8 compared to the M1A1's (32 M1A1's are in use) that are being used by this group today. The M4A3E8's were only 32 tons, which is half of the M1A1's that are used today. The second time the battalion was mobilized was in the Korean war. Around 520 members of the unit was called up in 1950 to fight in this war and before the end of the war in 1952 many of the men were sent back to the Syracruse, NY area. In march of that same year the unit was brought up again as the 2d Tank Battalion USMCR**//__.(above a M4A3E8 tank)__//** (**__//U//__**nited **__//S//__**tates **__//M//__**arines **//__C__//**orps **//__R__//**eserve is the meaing of USMCR) Drills were staged and then this group moved to Mattydale, NY across from Hancock Field. After they were reorginized they got the new tanks called the M47 and the M48AI tanks. Both of these new tanks were mounted with the 90nim gun. In July 1962 the 2d Tank Battalion USMCR was designated into the Delta and Bravo companies of the the 4th Tank Battalion USMCR. The level of training in this group increased steadily and in 1964 they sucessfully completed their first overland movement of around 80 miles from Syracruse, NY to Camp Drum, NY. This incredible feat was believed to be the longest distance traveled by Marine Tanks in the Continental United States. In 1967 the designation of the Unit was changed to the H&S Company and B Company of the 8th Tank Battalion. During the 1970's Company A was added at Rome,GA (now Fort Krux, KY). Company C was added in Tallahassee, FL, Company D in Columbia,SC (now Eastover, SC), and AT(TOW) Company was added in Miami, FL on Oct.1, 1978. The Anti-Tank(TOW) Company has been recently reorganized to an Anti-Tank(TOW) and Scout Platoon. In the 1980's the company trained for the support of the 4th Marine Division. On Nov. 26, 1990, the whole group was mobilized and deployed to Camp Lejuene, NC, to complete its activation and to be deployed to Southwest, Asia on December 21, 1990. As quoted "During Desert Shield/Storm, the Battalion participated as a maneuver element of the 2d Marine Division while providing company augmentation to the battalions' of the 6th and 8th Marine Regiments." (Above a M1A1 Tank) When the 8th Tank Battalion returned to the Continential United States, in 1991-1996 they recieved new equipment training and M1A1 tank's. In Auguest 1995, the Battalion "retrograded its interim M1Al's" and during September & October 1995, they got four upgraded M1A1 tanks at each site. Finnally in June and July of 1996 they recieved common M1A1's at each site and that brought the group to the full power its at today of 32 M1A1 tank's.

"8th Tank Battalion." //GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable Security Information//. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2010. .

it looks like you copied and pasted an entire webpage here... i need to see several sources and you need to show me how you are synthesizing the information. -- cato