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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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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)
Author Archives: fwohp4481
Interview With Douglas X. Womer
From the interview with Douglas X. Womer of Cockleysville, MD conducted by phone from Fort Worden by Clare Ledden on October 16,2014. Mr. Womer served in the US Army 14th Coast Artillery A Battery at Fort Flagler and Fort Worden … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 14th Coast Artillery A Battery, Army, Colonel Biehl, colonels, Commanding Officers, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, General James H. Cunningham
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Interview With Joseph Harrison
From the interview with Joseph Harrison of Spanaway, WA conducted by Clio Ward by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on October 14, 2014. Mr. Harrison served in the 144th National Guard Battalion out of Tacoma in the 1960’s … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged 144th National Guard Battalion, Construction at Fort Worden State Park, Dock at Fort Worden, Floating Machine Shops, Fort Worden, FS313, Landing Crafts, National Guard, Paul George
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Interview With Roy Ridderbusch
From the interview with Roy Ridderbusch of Lynnwood, WA conducted by phone by Clare Ledden from the Fort Worden History Center on March 11, 2014. Mr. Ridderbusch served two tours of duty with the US Navy at the Fort Worden … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Dangerous Driving Adventures, Defense of Strait of Juan De Fuca, Detonators, Dummy Mines, Electric Blasting Caps, Electrician's Mates, Fort Worden, Ground Control Mines, Harbor Entrance Control Post, HECP, Hood Canal, Hydrophones, Mines, Route Between Bremerton and Port Townsend Before the Hood Canal Bridge Built, Sturgeons in Puget Sound, Underwater Listening Devices, US Navy, Washington State Ferries
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Interview With Richard Plank
From the interview with Richard Plank of Kaiser, OR conducted by Clio Ward on March 4, 2014 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Plank served in the 532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, Company B in 1949-51, assigned to … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 532nd Engineer Boast and Shore Regiment Company B Weapons Platoon, Amphibious Landings, Amphibious Maneuvers, APAs, Combat Engineers, Fort Worden, Hawaii, LSTs, Operation Mickey, Sergeants, Storms at Sea, USS Pickaway
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Interview with CMB
From the interview with CMB of Seattle, conducted by phone by Clare Ledden on March 25, 2014, from the Fort Worden History Center. CMB was a resident of the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center for six months when … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Children's Games, cigarettes, Cottage Parents, Fort Worden, Juvenile diagnostic and Treatment Center--Residents, Medicines, Sexual Predation, Smoking
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Interview with Carl R. Wiley
From the interview with Carl R. Wiley of Goodyear, AZ conducted by phone by Clare Ledden from the Fort Worden History Center on January 22, 2009. Mr. Wiley served in the US Army 369th EASR Boat Battalion at Fort Worden … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th Boat Battalion, 369th EASR, Army, Fort Worden, Korean War Era, Landing Craft, LCMs, Maneuvers, Radio Operators, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Warrant Officers
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Interview With Richard D. Osborne
From the interview with Richard D. Osborne of Sammamish, WA conducted at the Fort Worden History Center by Clio Ward on June 15, 2004. Mr. Osborne served in both world War II and the Korean War. He was stationed at … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 2nd ESB, ESB, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Officers Club, M-Boats, Marrowstone Island, Officers Row, Parrot Fever, Second Engineer Special Brigade
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Interview With Dave Backman
From the interview with Dave Backman of Port Townsend conducted at the Fort Worden History Center on March 29, 2007 by Patience Rogge. Mr. Backman grew up in Port Townsend, and after retiring moved back to his hometown. He served … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Children's Games, Cottage Parents, Dave Edwards, Football, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Parade Ground, High School Sports, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Juvenile diagnostic and Treatment Center--Residents
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Interview With Walter R. Carroll
From the interview with Walter R. Carroll of Everett, WA conducted by Carter Huth by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on May 11, 2004. Mr. Carroll served in the National Guard as a high school student and would … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Artillery Firing, Artillery Hill, Fort Worden, Guns, Missiles, National Guard, Shot Heavers
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