Oral History with 102-year-old WWII Seabee Cam Pelletier

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this special 4th of July episode, Bill takes a handoff from Seth and records his first ever oral history. The subject is 102-year-old World War II veteran Cam Pelletier, a Seabee at Guadalcanal, the Russell Islands, the Green Islands, and most notably on Peleliu. #seabees; #history; #worldwar2; #pacific ; #peleliu; #usmc; #firstmarinedivision

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hey, everybody, Captain Bill Tody here.
0:35.4	On Memorial Day, 2024, I had the pleasure of giving a keynote
0:40.5	speech at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery. And while there, I got to sit alongside a 102-year-old
0:50.9	World War II veteran. He was a CB in the Pacific, but he was Guadalcanal, the Green Islands,
0:57.4	and Russell Islands, and Pelaloo. And Seth said, you met him? You ought to do an oral history
1:06.5	with him if he hasn't already done one. So I asked him, he had not already done one.
1:13.0	So Seth kind of inspired me. Keep this in mind. Seth has probably done over a thousand oral
1:20.4	histories while he was at the National World War II Museum. And I have done exactly zero.
1:26.9	So with a lot of coaching from Seth, I set up the equipment at Cam Pellateer's house and heard his story.
1:37.3	And so we're going to bring it to you now.
1:40.3	This is William Tody and recording on June 13th, 2024.
1:47.0	I'm interviewing Cam Pellateer at his house in Titusville, Florida to document his experience in World War II.
1:51.0	Cam, what is your full name?
1:53.0	Camille Pellatea.
1:55.0	Camille Pelletier.
1:57.0	And how do you spell your full name?
2:00.0	P-E-L-L-T-I-E-R.
2:04.2	So it's P-E-L-E-T-I-E-R.
2:07.8	All right, great.
2:09.0	And Camille, that's a French-Canadian name?
2:11.8	All right.
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