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: Ferries
Interview With Oran P. DeBois,Jr.
From the interview with Oran P. DeBois, jr. of Sequim, WA conducted by Rae Tennyson at the Fort Worden History Center on November 12, 2002. Mr. DeBois served in the U.S. Navy at Fort Worden in the Harbor Defense Command … Continue reading
Interview With Elinor Wright
From the interview with Elinor Wright of Andover, MA conducted by Patience Rogge by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on April 1, 2004. Mrs. Wright was the daughter of Colonel Lawrence L. Clayton, sr. who was stationed at … Continue reading
Interview With James Steltz
From the interview with James Steltz of Marysville, WA conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on February 19, 2008 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Steltz served in a military police detachment at Fort Worden from 1951 to 1953. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Ferries, Fort Flagler, Housing, Police (Military), Shift Duty
Interview With John A. Rich
From the interview with John A. Rich of Camino, CA conducted by John Croghan from the Fort Worden History Center by phone on June 28, 2005. Mr. Rich served in the U.S. Army 356th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment during … Continue reading
Interview With Lee W. Metcalf
From the interview with Lee W. Metcalf of Richland, WA conducted by Henry West July 7, 2002 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Metcalf served in the 248th Coast Artillery at Fort Worden in 1939 and 1940, when he was … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Coast Artillery-248th, Europe, Ferries, Germany, Guardhouse, Guns, Hangar (Balloon), Infantry, McCurdy Pavilion, Prisoners of War, Russians, World War II
