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Tertiary Source


 * 1) Everything in this article was related to Tertiary Sources.
 * 2) There was no bias on the topic. There were only examples that were true statements.
 * 3) The types of Tertiary Sources could have been watered down a little bit. A list of examples would have sufficed.
 * 4) Only three out of five citations brought me to a page that worked. The other pages have been moved or taken down.
 * 5) It does not seem like there is a whole lot to talk about on this topic so I think that they covered it all.
 * 6) Mostly everyone talking on the talk page disagreed with the person who wrote this wiki page.
 * 7) This page is a part of a Wikiproject.
 * 8) Wikipedia offers information about a topic, but other people can critic it. There is not much criticizing of teachers in a normal classroom.

Literature Review


 * 1) Everything was related to the topic.
 * 2) The wiki page is neutral and does not favor one side or another.
 * 3) The wiki page gave a working example of literature review and I think they went a little overboard with the length of the example.
 * 4) All of the citations worked besides one.
 * 5) The only problem I found with the citations is that one of them took you to another Wikipedia page which is an unreliable source to cite information from.
 * 6) This article is not apart of a Wikiproject.
 * 7) There is not much talk going on in the talk page. There is just a comment on differentiating between different types of reviews more.
 * 8) This article goes more in depth about reviewing someone's work. I don't think all of the information on that page is relevant to the skill set of a student in a regular English class.

How I am going to contribute to my Wikipedia page.
The current 89th Cavalry Regiment Wikipedia has very little information about that unit. This page is not technically a "stub", but there is a lot of information to be added to this page. I am planning on adding more history of the unit and the geographical location of each unit. I also plan on adding well known military personnel that come from the 89th Cavalry Regiment. There is a lot of information missing on this page and I am confident that I can add good information with credible sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KevinCrehan (talk • contribs) 17:05, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

89th Cavalry Regiment
 Lineage of 89th Cavalry Regiment 

Constituted June 1, 1940 in the Regular Army as the 10th Antitank Battalion.


 * June 11, 1940- Redesignated 99th Antitank Battalion
 * July 1, 1940- Redesignated 99th Infantry Battalion (Antitank) and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
 * July 24, 1941- Redesignated 99th Infantry Antitank Battalion
 * December 15, 1941- Redesignated 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion
 * December 27, 1945- Inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
 * July 23, 1953- Redesignated 899th Tank Battalion
 * January 17, 1955- Activated in Germany.
 * May 1, 1958- Inactivated in Germany
 * March 30, 2004- Designated to 89th Cavalry Regiment

Lineage of 1st Squadron
 * March 30, 2004- 2nd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment re-flagged to 1st Battalion, 89th Cavalry Regiment
 * Known today as 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment

Lineage of 3rd Squadron
 * July 15, 1942- 89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Group was activated at Camp Carson.
 * 1944- 89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Group reactivated to 89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
 * 2006- 89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron reactivated to 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment

 1st Squadron History 

1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment deployed to Germany in 1944. The unit saw little action during the War, but still had notable moments. 1st Squadron was patrolling near a town named Scherpenseel in Germany where they were ambushed by a German artillery unit. They were pinned down until SSG Briles laid down heavy machine gun fire. This suppressive fire resulted in multiple German causalities and surrenders. SSG Briles was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

The next time that the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment had a notable deployment was in 2006 to Iraq. During this fifteen month deployment, soldiers of the 1st Squadron killed and captured over 200 High-Value Targets (HVT). 1st Sqaudron also seized 57 major weapons caches, which helped their fight against the Iraqi Insurgency. 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment returned to Iraq in 2009. This deployment included training the Iraqi Police, incapacitating HVT's, and raiding known insurgence hideouts and weapon caches.

3rd Squadron History

Shortly after D-DAY, the 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment received a mission in the town of St. Vith. Allied troops discovered German soldiers patrolling near the town. 3rd Squadron's job was to secure the perimeter of the town. While setting up a secure perimeter, German soldiers were spotted. 3rd Squadron and its allies developed a plan to counterattack the Germans. The Germans took out many tanks and had an advantageous high ground position against the dismounted patrol of 3rd Squadron. The Cavalry machine gunners laid down heavy suppresive fire to allow all the allied forces to bound backwards.

3rd Squadron was assigned to a town named Beaufort in December 1944. American forces were under attack so 3rd Squadron was sent as reinforcement. German forces had a heavy presence in Beaufort, patrolling nearly every road. The Squadron suffered many causalities due to an attack from patrolling German unit.

3rd Squadron returned to France after receiving heavy causalities. While in France they performed Military Police duties. Many activation's and deactivation's restricted the unit from deploying again until 2006 in Iraq. The most recent deployment was in 2015 in Afghanistan. They are still active to this day and serve in our country's modern day combat zones.

External Links


 * http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/3-89cav.htm


 * http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-89cav.htm


 * http://www.drum.army.mil/2ndBCT/Pages/1-89hist.aspx