About the FWOH Program
The volunteers of the Fort Worden Oral History Program have collected almost 300 interviews with the men and women who have served, lived, worked, or visited Fort Worden over its long history since the program’s inception in 2003. The interviews tell of the real life experiences of those who served at Fort Worden during the military era; who worked or lived here during the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center days; or have visited, participated in activities, or worked at the fort since it became a state park conference center.
These interviews, which have been transcribed and cataloged, form a rich treasure trove of stories that should be mined for source material by historians, students, genealogists, and writers.
Interviews by Subject
Army Army Families Army Wives Artillery Hill Atomic Bomb Tests Centrum Children's Games Coast Artillery-248th Coast Guard Commanding Officers Cottages Death Discipline Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment (EASR)-369th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR) Ferries Fiddle tunes Fort Flagler Fort Worden General James H. Cunningham Guns Hangar (Balloon) Housing Isolation Korean War McCurdy Pavilion Meals Mines Navy Officers Row Park Rangers Port Townsend Prisoners of War Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center) Runaways Shift Duty Ships Socialization Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center) State Parks Strait of Juan de Fuca Submarines Target Practice Teachers World War IIInterviews by Category
- General (3)
- Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center (38)
- Military (89)
- Washington State Parks (28)
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Recent Posts
- Interview With Deb Johnson
- Interview with Karl Dehmer
- Interview with Gerrit Nieuwsma
- Interview With John W. Singhose
- Interview With Virginia H. Walter
- Interview With William F. Gurley
- Interview With Harold P. Aden
- Interview With Lucinda Hall
- Interview with Gasper J. “Gus” Impiccini
- Interview With Wilfred E. Allen
Interview Archives
- May 2013 (1)
- April 2013 (1)
- March 2013 (4)
- February 2013 (5)
- January 2013 (4)
- December 2012 (7)
- November 2012 (8)
- October 2012 (2)
- September 2012 (2)
- August 2012 (8)
- July 2012 (4)
- June 2012 (4)
- May 2012 (7)
- April 2012 (6)
- March 2012 (39)
- February 2012 (49)
- January 2012 (4)
Tag Archives: Coast Artillery
Interview With Virginia H. Walter
From the interview with Virginia Hartman Walter conducted at the Fort Worden History Center on October 16, 2002 by Rick Martinez. Ms. Walter was the daughter of Major Hartman of the Coast Artillery stationed at Fort Worden in the late … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army Brats, Army Families, Bachelor Officers Quarters at Fort Worden, Christobal High School, Coast Artillery, Colon Panama, Fort De Lesseps, Fort Sherman, Fort Worden, Major Hartman, Officers Row, Panama, Port Townsend High School, Socialization, Tennis Courts at Fort Worden
Interview With William F. Gurley
From the interview with William F. Gurley of Kingston, WA conducted by Ken Brink at the Fort Worden History Center on July 2, 2002. Mr. Gurley’s father, Captain Franklin Chris Gurley of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, commanded A … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged A Battery, Army, Artillery Hill, Captain Franklin C. Gurley, Charles Meyers jr, Children's Games, Coast Artillery, Colonel Pace, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Parade Ground, General James H. Cunningham, Major Charles Meyers, Officers Row, Officers' Jobs, Port Townsend, Post Security
Interview With Marjorie Carpentier
From the interview with Marjorie Carpentier of Port Townsend conducted by Carter Huth at the Fort Worden History Center on April 15, 2004. Ms. Carpentier is the daughter of L.P. Vane who served in the Coast Artillery in the early … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Air Force, Air Force Officers, Army, Battle of the Bulge, Coast Artillery, Coast Guard, Coupeville WA, Cryptographers, Cryptography, Dayton OH, Fort Casey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, German Documents, Japanese Radio Code, Joseph H. Carpentier, Katakana, L.P. Vane, MOS, Petaluma CA, Presidential Unit Citations, Seattle, Second Signal Corps Service Battalion, Short Wave Radio, Signal Corps, Two Rock Ranch, WACs, War Correspondents, Western Union, Womens Army Corps, World War II, Wright-Patterson Air Base
