A Gift of Faith created by Deacon Denis Mailhot
Deacon Denis Mailhot serves parishes in Auburn, Maine. He and the article's editor gave permissions to republish this article printed in Harvest Magazine. http://francoamerican.bdnblogs.com/2020/10/30/franco-american-news-and-culture/franco-american-wwii-veteran-wrote-the-crucifix/?fbclid=IwAR3V8QAovBGUCQijNr51jr6mvyQ6FsFUQ5hTlTRES5byg_Qvzn28ZoETs-4 “There are no atheists in a foxhole”, because I wanted to blog about the poem entitled, “The Crucifix”. This inspirational poem was written by the late Private First Class Elisée Dutil (b. 1919, in Maine – d. 1945 in Germany), who was a Franco-American and Lewiston resident. Memories about the young life of this World War II veteran have been collected and preserved by the family of Maine Deacon Denis Mailhot. In fact, Deacon Denis has created a scrapbook with the artifacts that his mother’s side of the family meticulously kept from Mr. Dutil’s World War II veteran’s collection. Moreover, Deacon Mailhot acknowledged how the Franco-Amer