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Chronology: April 28 to November 10, 1918
Philip
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Philip Lovetere, Paris, undated

Philip Lovetere served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 64th Infantry Regiment, 14th Infantry Brigade, 7th Infantry Division


Philip Lovetere could not read or write Italian or English. Therefore his story and experiences are recreated from a variety of sources cited but especially by following the smallest of the unit in which he served, battalion, regiment, brigade, or division, which is identified in the History of the Seventh Division, Compiled by Captain Edgar Tremlett Fell (1927):



Note on Philip Lovetere and John Frederick Edvard Nelson:

Philip Lovetere's story is almost identical to John Frederick Edvard Nelson story. John
Frederick Edvard Nelson served in Company K and is Professor Richard Alan Nelson's grandfather.

The 64th Infantry Regiment appears to have been composed of three battalions which means that John Nelson was probably in the 3rd Battalion.

Therefore, this is also John
Frederick Edvard Nelson's story when it is at the regiment level and differs slightly when it is at the battalion and company level.

1917

June 5: Registers for the draft.

1918

April 28: Inducted. Photo of draftees departing Chicago by train.

~ Mid-May: Sent to Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas and assigned to the 64th Infantry Regiment.

June 11: With the assistance of the U.S. Army, at the Federal Court for the Western District of Texas in El Paso Philip Lovetere becomes a citizen.

His citizenship is witnessed by soldiers Hansen and E. Hayes of Fort Bliss, Texas

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 Mt.Vernon.

Passenger List
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.

September 30 Roster

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.


Acknowledgement:  Professor Richard Alan Nelson, grandson of John Frederick Edvard Nelson, Company K, 64th Infantry Regiment, 14th Infantry Brigade, 7th Infantry Division assisted in researching Philip Lovetere and WWI.
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