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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 Dolores Crow
From the interview with Dolores Crow of Nampa, ID conducted by Tim Caldwell on December 21, 2004 by phone from the Fort Worden History Center. Mrs. Crow is the widow of Wayne T. Crow, who served in D Company, Shore … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army Wives, Curly's Burgers, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, Four Corners, Living Conditions, Port Townsend, Seattle, Sequim WA, Shore Battalion 369th EASR, Social Life
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Interview With Ronald D. Clements
From the interview with Ronald D. Clements of Swartz Creek, MI conducted by phone on July 14, 2005 by Oran DeBois from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Clements served in the 369th EASR at Fort Worden from 1951 to … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, AK Cargo Ships, APA Transport Ships, Camp Pendleton, Coxswains, Fort Worden, Gray Marine Diesel Engines, Inland Waters Training, Landing Crafts, LCM6, Marines, Mock Invasions, Mock Landings, Naval Amphibious Base in San Diego, Puget Sound, Shore Batallion
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Interview With Barbara Christensen
From the interview with Barbara Christensen of Albert Lea, MN conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on June 7, 2005 by Clare Ledden. Ms. Christensen, wife of John L. Christensen of the 369th EASR, lived in Port … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army Wives, Fort Worden, Living Conditions, Port Townsend, Social Life
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Interview With Dwight L. Chandler
From the interview with Dwight L. Chandler of Centraila, WA conducted by Pam Clise at the Fort Worden History Center on June 19, 2003. Mr. Chandler served in the 369th EASR from 1951 to1953. Most of his time was spent … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army, Coxswains, Crewmen, D9 Tractors, Displacement of LCMs, Dungeness Spit, Fort Worden, Landing Ramps, LCMs, Neah Bay, Port Townsend, Recovery Operations, Storms in the Strait of Juan De Fuca, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Whip Antennas
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Interview With Thomas A. Anthony
From the interview with Thomas A. Anthony of Kittitas, WA conducted by Val Didjurgis on May 17, 2002 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Anthony served in the 369th EASR, from 1950 to 1952, at Fort Worden, Fort Flagler, … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army, Army Food, Boat Battalion, Caterpillar Tractors, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, M-Boats, Rochefort France, Shore Battalion, Tides in Puget Sound
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Interview With Alvin Hominda
From the interview with Alvin Hominda of Tacoma, WA conducted by Oran DeBois at the Fort Worden History Center on February 21, 2004. Mr. Hominda served in Company A of the 369th EASR at Fort Worden from 1950 to 1952. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369thBoat Battalion, 369thEASR, Army, Basic Training, Coxswains, Dead Reckoning, Discovery Bay, Fort Casey, Fort Flagler, Fort Lewis, Fort Worden, Greenland, La Push, LSTs, Marrowstone Island, Neah Bay, Night Maneuvers, Point Hudson, Point Wilson, San Juan Islands, Strait of Juan DeFuca
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Interview with Almanza “Red” Rogers
From the interview with Almanza “Red” Rogers of Randle, WA conducted by Clio Ward by phone on March 19, 2014 from Port Townsend. Mr. Rogers served at Fort Worden in the 369th EASR during the Korean War Era. Complete transcripts … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army Cooks, Army Hospital at Fort Worden, Care of Quarters, Fort Lewis, Fort Worden, Friendships, John Singhose, Korean War, KP, Measles
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Interview with Carla Van Der Ven
From the interview with Carla Van der Ven conducted by Clio Ward on February 19, 2013 at the Fort Worden History Center in Fort Worden State Park. Ms. Van der Ven owns Port Townsend Hospitality, which she started in 2008. … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Carol Shiffman, Centrum Foundation, Coin Operated Laundry at Fort Worden, Dolores Hansen, Fiddletunes, Fort Worden, Housekeeping at Fort Worden, Janitorial and Linen Service at Fort Worden, Jazz Port townsend, Port Townsend Hospitality, Port Townsend Writers' Conference, Thatcher Bailey, Toni Aspin, Washington State Parks
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Interview With George Thomsen
From the interview with George Thomsen of Port Townsend conducted at the Fort Worden History Center by Clio Ward on January 13, 2013. Mr. Thomsen and his wife Joan were co-directors of the Heritage Group, the organization than ran the … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Commanding Officers Quarters at Fort Worden, Commanding Officers Quarters at Fort Worden-Criteria for Accepting, Fort Worden, Furnishing the Commanding Officers Quarters, Heritage Group at Fort Worden, Joan Thomsen, Silver on Display in Commanding Officers Quarters at Fort Worden
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