| | LIEUT. THORNDYKE HARVEY
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Lieut. Harvey was admitted to First Officers’ Training Camp, at Fort Sheridan, Ill., on May 7, 1917, being among the earliest to enlist after the declaration of war.
He completed a course of training with the First Battery, 10th Provisional Training Regiment, August 14th, and was appointed 1st Lieut. F. A. in the National Army, Commission, Lieut. H. H. Bateman, instructor.
Lieut. Harvey was assigned to the 328th Regiment, Field Artillery, 85th Division, Camp Custer, Michigan, and reported for duty August 29, 1917. He was assigned to Battery B, was later relieved and assigned to Brigade School of Fire, Camp Custer. Completed this course and was appointed instructor in School for Regimental and Brigade Non-Coms, January 15, 1918.
On March 1, 1918, Lieut. Harvey was relieved of duty at Non-Coms School and assigned to School of Fire for Artillery Officers, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
He completed this course May 17, 1918, and was returned to duty with the 328th F. A., Camp Custer.
Lieut. Harvey was relieved from duty with Battery B and assigned to Battery D as Executive Officer and Reconnaissance Officer.
On July 29, 1918, he left with the regiment in Battery D for Camp Mills, N. Y., for overseas duty. He served with that Battery until assigned to Officers’ School at Camp Coetquidan, France, and completed a special course in reconnaissance and orientation.
On October 13th the Lieutenant was relieved of duty with Battery D, 328th Field Artillery, and assigned to 67th F. A. Brigade, 42nd (Rainbow) Division, then at the front.
He reported by way of Paris, Headquarters A. E. F., to 67th Brigade Headquarters, located at Exermont, in the Argonne, and on October 21, 1918, was assigned to 151st Regiment, F. A. (Minneapolis and St. Paul National Guard).
October 22, 1918, he was assigned to Battery A as Executive Officer, and the day following was appointed Acting Battery Commander, due to evacuation of Battery commander and three other officers by gassing and shell-shock.
Lieut. Harvey served in action with Battery A in attack on Cote-de-Chatillon and Landres-St. Georges, October 28, 1918. He was transferred to Battery D as reconnaissance officer. Served in support of 167th Regiment Infantry, 42nd Division (formerly 69th New York National Guard) in attack on Grand-Pre and Buzancy and in support of the 1st and 2nd Divisions and Marines, October 20th to November 3rd, and in Meuse-Sedan campaign November 4th to November 11th, 1918. Regiment in position from October 11th till November 10th, 1918, after forced march from Sommerance to Raucourt on outskirts of Sedan. The 42nd Division Artillery was withdrawn for a few days before armistice to Haraucourt.
By order of the Division Commander, Lieut. Harvey was transferred on November 10, 1918, to take special work at 2nd Aviator Inst. Centre, as Artillery Airplane Observer.
On November 17th the Lieutenant was ordered to rejoin his regiment, as the Aviator School closed immediately after the armistice.
He was taken ill, due to gassing and influenza, at Tours, November 18th, but was able to report for duty November 25th at Toul and was assigned to barracks with casual officers to await transportation to regiment. The 42nd Division in the meantime was on its way to the Rhine as part of the army of occupation.
On December 5th he was transferred to Lagney, near Toul, and placed in charge of 250 casuals awaiting transportation to rejoin 42nd Division.
On December 25th Lieut. Harvey was ordered to entrain with casuals for Treves and Coblenz. He reported for duty December 31st to the 151st Regiment F. A., at Neuenaar, Germany, and assigned to Supply Company.
He served with Regimental Supply Company at Heppengen, Germany, in charge of issuing rations, clothing ordnance, fuel and forage to regiment, and as Company Commander until Division left for Brest, April 1, 1919.
Lieut. Harvey sailed from Brest on the S. S. Huntington, which arrived in New York City April 26, 1919, and reported to Camp Merritt for demobilization. From there he was assigned to Camp Grant and discharged there May 22, 1919. |