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64th
Infantry Regiment, 14th Infantry Brigade, 7th Infantry Division
Training,
1918
Undated Photo, Waco, Texas
Stauts & Simpson,
Waco, Texas
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The following is from
The History of
the Seventh Army Division United States Army 1917 - 1919,
compiled by Captain Edgar Tremlett Fell, 1927. (Digital copy available
from
The Digital
Bookshelf .)
Philip Lovetere's
experiences are traced by following whichever unit is
identified, his battalion, regiment, brigade, or division.
1918
April 28: Inducted.
~ Mid-May: Sent
to Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas and assigned to the 64th Infantry
Regiment.
August 14:
Departed Hoboken, New Jersey, aboard the
Manchuria August 14th, 1918. En
route the propeller bent requiring a return to New York.
August 16: Returned to
the New York then sent to the embarkation camp at Camp Mills, Long
Island, New
York.
August 24:
Departed Hoboken, New Jersey, aboard the
La France.
September 3:
Arrived Brest, France.
September: 15th Training Area:
Ancy Le France.
Co. C was billeted at Argentenay. 7th Division assigned to the
4th Corps, Second American Army.
September 27: Boarded
trains for transfer closer to the front.
September 28 & 29:
14th Brigade detrained at Maron and Chaligny. Marched to Saizerais. 1st
Battalion, 64th Regiment possibly to Domèvre-en Haye
September 30: 64th
Regiment ordered to relieve 11th Regiment in Dieulouard on the west
bank of the Moselle River. As Dieulouard is under fire, only one
battalion enters the town and the others hold at Bois Brule.
The 64th Infantry may hold the U.S. Army World War One regimental
record for shortest time between debarkation (
September 4) and coming under fire (
September 30).
While in Dieulouard, the 64th came under artillery and air attack but
suffered no casualties.
October
8 to 10: 7th Division
relieves the 90th Division in the Puvenelle Sector. The 14th Brigade
relieved the 179th Brigade. The 1st Battalion, 64th Infantry Regiment
relieved the 1st Battalion, 357th Infantry Regiment.south of
Bois-du-Trou-de-la-Haie.
October 10: Relieves
the 90th
Division in the Puvenelle Sector west of the Moselle All four regiments
are placed on the line.
The Germans fired an average of 720 shells per
day at the 7th Division positions both gas and high explosive.
October 12: 4th Corps including 7th Division transferred to the
Second Army.
October 15: The 64th
Infantry sent out two patrols. One made contact and exchanged fire
with Germans south of Bois-du-Trou-de-la-Haie. The other found
La
Soulevre Farm unoccupied.
October 16: Patrol from
the 64th Infantry reached the west end of the valley south of
Prény.
October 17: Continuous
machine fire from the Germans. The 2nd Battalion relieved the 1st
Battalion. The 1st Battalion went into support position.
October 18: The 1st
Battalion moved from support position into reserve at Gezoncourt.
October 28: The 1st
Battalion moved to support position in Thiaucourt.
October 29: The
64th
Infantry completed relieving the 111th Infantry.
October 30: 13th Brigade began to relieve the14th Brigade, the
55th Regiment relieved the 64th.
November 1: The
relief of the 14th Brigade completed. The 1st Battalion marched from
Gezoncourt to Bois-du-Four.
November 1 & 2:
Germans fire 5000 shells at the 7th Division, 2150 were mustard gas.
Early November: The
64th Regiment and other units of the 14th Brigade are designated 7th
Division reserve in the Martincourt-Rogeville-Manonville region.
By November 8: The entire 14th
Brigade was in division reserve in the Martincourt-Rogeville-Manonville
region, 15 kilometers by a straight line, farther by road, from front
line outpost positions. Officers estimate that under favorable
conditions three nights would be needed to move the brigade to the
front, get in line, and prepare to attack.
Night of November 8 - 10: 7th
Division receives order to move into position for offensive actions to
begin on November 10. The 14th Brigade begins movement to positions to
implement these orders. They are ordered to immediately begin a march
with field equipment and without their packs.
November
10: 1st
Battalion is in
Domèvre en route to positions for November 10 offensive.
November 11, 0740 A.M.: Notice
received of armistice to take effect at 1100 A.M. Offensive infantry
operations canceled.
November 11, 1100 A.M.:
Armistice;
All operations
cease.
The 64th Infantry suffered 18
killed, 155 gassed, 68
wounded, and 2 captured. While Philip
Lovetere's discharge does not list any injuries he
apparently was exposed to enough gas that he complained of
impaired taste and smell as a result of having inhaled gas.
Philip Lovetere's
discharge states her served in the following Battles, engagements,
skirmishes, expeditions:
October 2 to 10:
Marbache sector.
October 10 to November 9:
Puvenelle Sector.
November 9 to 11:
Puvenelle Sector Defense. |
Post Armistice: The
Second
American Army remained in reserve in support of French and American
troops advancing into areas from which the German were withdrawing. The
7th Division engaged in training, improved their living conditions,
salvaged
equipment, and located and buried the dead in their front.
The 7th Division history states one battalion engaged in further
training at the Division Training Center in Domèvre. The
battalion is not specified but the 1st was in Domèvre on
November 10th.
Leaves and
passes were granted.
Philip
Lovetere mentioned how much he enjoyed
Paris.
December 1: 1st
Battalion stationed Manonville.
1919
First week of April:
7th Division in the Colombey-les-Belles south of Nancy then to the Le
Mans area.
Early June: 7th
Division moved west through Camp Pontanezon, boarded transports to
Brest.
~ June 10:
64th Regiment departed Brest, France.
June 18: Arrived
in
Hoboken, New
Jersey.
After arrival in the U.S.: To
demobilization camp, Camp Mills, Long Island, New York where soldiers
who entered the Army for the emergency only were sent to demobilization
camps near to their homes.
Philip
Lovetere's records indicate he was
sent to Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois.
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Undated
Roster, Company C, 64th
Infantry Regiment, 14th Infantry Brigade, 7th Infantry Division. Could this have been compiled in June,
1919 at demobilization camp, Camp Mills, Long Island, New York as that
was the last time these men of the 64th were together?
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Page 1: Officers, Sergeants,
Corporals, Cooks, Mechanics, Buglers. |
Page 2: Privates First Class and
Privates last names A through
DeBartolo. |
Page 3: Privates last names:
Dluzevski through Youngblood. |
Philip's
daughter Anne says that after the war one of the veterans contacted
Philip for a copy of this roster to use in documenting a claim for
veterans benefits. The veteran was from rural Indiana and sent by truck
to Philip and his family in Chicago a live turkey as a thank you.
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