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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)
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- May 2013 (2)
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- March 2013 (4)
- February 2013 (5)
- January 2013 (4)
- December 2012 (7)
- November 2012 (8)
- October 2012 (2)
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- July 2012 (4)
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- March 2012 (39)
- February 2012 (49)
- January 2012 (4)
Author Archives: fwohp4481
Interview With Harry Plowman
From the interview with Harry Plowman of Quincy, PA conducted by Oran De Bois on January 4, 2004 by telephone from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Plowman served in the US Army from 1942 to 1952 and attained the rank of colonel. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Fires-Officers Club, Korean War, Officers Club-Fire, World War II
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Interview With Norman Nolan
From the interview with Norman Nolan of Port Townsend on December 19, 2006 by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Nolan served in the US Coast Guard and was keeper of the Point Wilson Light House in the 1960’s. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Coast Guard, Lighthouses, Mines, Point Wilson Lighthouse, Smith Island, Strait of Juan de Fuca
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Interview With Stan Muench
From the interview with Stan Muench of Seattle conducted by phone from the Fort Worden Oral History Center by Patience Rogge on March 16, 2005. Mr. Muench was a staff social worker at the Fort Worden Juvenile Treatment Center from June 1969 to … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Beaches, Bliss Vista, Foghorns, Housing, Social Workers
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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
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Interview With William E. Matheson
From the interview with William E. Matheson of Port Hadlock, WA conducted by Henry West at the Fort Worden History Center on November 7, 2002. Mr. Matheson worked at Fort Worden from December 1, 1959 to July 1, 1985. He began … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Washington State Parks
Tagged Construction, Dinky Locomotive (Recovery of), Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Maintenance, Management of Parks, State Parks
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Interview with E.G. “Gus” Lindquist
From the interview with E.G. “ Gus” Lindquist of Port Townsend, conducted by John Clise at the Fort Worden History Center on October 1, 2003. Mr. Lindquist was the first Superintendent of the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center. He died in … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Bliss Vista, Housing, Psychiatrist, Superintendent
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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 phone from the Fort Worden History Center by Patience Rogge. Ms. Koschnick is the widow of Robert Koschnick, the Superintendent of the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Closing of the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Housing, Social Services Department, Superintendent
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Interview With Rodney E. Kendall
From the interview with Rodney E. Kendall of Puyallup on October 18, 2003 by Wendy Los. Mr. Kendall worked for Kendall Construction, the firm that built the lower campground at Fort Worden in 1973. This story concerns an unusual find unearthed when the … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Burial Sites, Campgrounds, Coast Guard, Construction, Hangar (Balloon), Lighthouses, Point Wilson Lighthouse
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Interview With Frederick Johnson
From the interview with Frederick Johnson of Port Townsend conducted by Oran DeBois at the Fort Worden History Center on November 12, 2002. Mr. Johnson was the music teacher and band director at the Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center. Here he … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Band Program, Burglaries, Music class, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Runaways, Teachers
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Interview With Robert L. Jackson
From the interview with Robert L. Jackson of Tacoma on September 30, 2008 by Patience Rogge. Mr. Jackson was a social worker and classification counselor at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center from September 1968 to June 1970. This story concerns some unusual … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Black Panthers, Counselors, Rumors, Social Workers
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