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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
- 369th EASR
- Army
- Army Families
- Army Wives
- Artillery Hill
- Atomic Bomb Tests
- Campgrounds
- Centrum
- Centrum Foundation
- Children's Games
- Closing of the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center
- Coast Artillery-248th
- Coast Guard
- Commanding Officers
- Commanding Officers Quarters at Fort Worden
- Cottage Parents
- Cottages
- Death
- Discipline
- Enemy Fire
- Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment (EASR)-369th
- Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR)
- Ferries
- Festival of American Fiddle Tunes
- Fiddle tunes
- Fort Flagler
- Fort Lewis
- Fort Worden
- Fort Worden Parade Ground
- General James H. Cunningham
- Greenland
- Guns
- Hangar (Balloon)
- Harbor Entrance Control Post
- Housing
- Hydrophones
- Inchon Landing
- Isolation
- Japan
- Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center
- Korean War
- Korean War Era
- Living Conditions
- McCurdy Pavilion
- Meals
- Military Police
- Mines
- National Guard
- Navy
- Officers Row
- Park Rangers
- Point Wilson Lighthouse
- Port Townsend
- Prisoners of War
- Pusan
- Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
- Runaways
- Russians
- Seasickness
- Sergeants
- Shift Duty
- Ships
- Socialization
- Social Life
- Social Workers
- Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
- State Parks
- Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Submarines
- Target Practice
- Teachers
- Weather
- Weddings
- Wildlife
- World War II
Interviews by Category
- General (2)
- Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center (47)
- Military (125)
- Washington State Parks (42)
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Recent Posts
Interview Archives
- March 2015 (6)
- February 2015 (1)
- January 2015 (1)
- December 2014 (2)
- November 2014 (3)
- October 2014 (4)
- September 2014 (1)
- July 2014 (6)
- June 2014 (7)
- May 2014 (5)
- April 2014 (1)
- January 2014 (1)
- December 2013 (1)
- November 2013 (1)
- October 2013 (1)
- September 2013 (2)
- August 2013 (3)
- July 2013 (2)
- June 2013 (6)
- May 2013 (2)
- 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)
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Interview With Anthony Tucholski
From the interview with Anthony Tucholski of Toledo, OH conducted by Rick Martinez at the Fort Worden History Center on May 12, 2002. Mr. Tucholski served in the 248th Coast Artillery from June 1941 to September 1945. He was stationed … Continue reading
Interview With Melvin L. Tompkins
From the interview with Melvin L. Tompkins of Apopka, FL conducted by Patience Rogge by phone on January 17, 2008. Mr. Tompkins served in the U.S. Army during World War II. During his 18 months service at Fort Worden, he … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Dental Work, World War II
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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
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Interview With Robert Stead
From the interview with Robert Stead of Federal Way, WA conducted by Patience Rogge on March 29, 2005 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Snead worked at the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center when he was a … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Cottage Parents, Cottages, Discipline, Green Hill, Isolation, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview With Penina Keen Spinka
From the interview with Penina Keen Spinka of Sun City, AZ conducted by Patience Rogge by telephone from the Fort Worden History Center on December 5, 2006. Ms. Spinka is the daughter of Jack Keen (1920-1990), who served in … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Guns, Shift Duty, Target Practice, World War II
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Interview With John Siebenbaum
From the interview with John Siebenbaum of Port Hadlock, WA conducted by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center on May 29, 2007. Mr. Siebenbaum helps maintain the historic Redmen’s Cemetery on Discovery Road in Port Townsend as a … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Cemeteries, Improved Order of Redmen, Redmen Tribes, Volunteers
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Interview With Valerie O. Koschnick
From the interview with Valerie O. Koschnick of Centralia, WA on February 12, 2004 conducted by Patience Rogge. Ms. Koschnick is the widow of Robert Koschnick, the Superintendent of the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center when it closed in 1971. She … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Closing the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Social Service Department, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Superintendents
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Interview With Dean A. Shute
From the interview with Dean A. Shute of Rochester, WA conducted by Rick Martinez at the Fort Worden History Center on July 17, 2003. Mr. Shute worked at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center from 1968 to 1971. Here he … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Cottages, Discipline, Isolation, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview With George A. Sahly
From the interview with George A. Sahly of Eugene, OR conducted by John Croghan by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on June 22, 2004. Mr. Sahly served in the US Army 369th Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment Shore Battalion … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Atomic Bomb Tests, Camp Desert Rock, Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment (EASR)-369th, Fort Flagler, Generals, Meals, Sergeants
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