It’s was October 1941 that Jean-Eudes A. Lanteigne began his soldier’s life in the Canadian Army. He was 18 years old when he enrolled in the Royal Canadian Artillery as a private. He left Bas-Caraquet for Fredericton, Peterwawa (Ontario) and finally arrived in Halifax.  From there, him and 4 500 other soldiers boarded a ship named ‘L’île de France’ and left for Glasgow, England. He joined the 2nd regiment of the Maisonneuve and went to the military camp Aldershot.  Still in England, he went to Farnam and then to France, Belgium and Holland. « We had seven lines of fire and we were walking non-stop for 15 days. The privates were always in the front. The colonels and the commanders were in the back. After 15 days, the front soldiers went to the back. This exchange would take place every 15 days. » He remembers this fight when they had to push the Germans who were fierce fully counter-attacking. « We dug trenches in the mud for protection and we were always fighting and walking in the mud, up to our knees. » They went to “Hochwald” and that was where the war stopped for Mister Lanteigne. « I saw another man from Caraquet get shot right under his heart. We were supposed to give him vaccination and first aid but we didn’t. It was too late and he died there. After that, I got shot in my knees. All I can remember is that I dropped everything, a major put me in the ambulance and they too me away. » «  A little while after, my mom received a notice saying that I had died in the line of duty.  One month later, she finally learned that I wasn’t dead. » Mister Lanteigne was dismissed in August 1945. He came back by ship, to Halifax on the Lady Nelson, a hospital ship from Halifax. He took the ambulance to Fredericton and than the military police drove him to Caraquet. Back in Canada, he became a strong and fearless man who reminds us that «  the war is not a picnic. »