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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)
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- December 2013 (1)
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- March 2013 (4)
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- December 2012 (7)
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Interview With William F. Gurley
From the interview with William F. Gurley of Kingston, WA conducted by Ken Brink at the Fort Worden History Center on July 2, 2002. Mr. Gurley’s father, Captain Franklin Chris Gurley of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, commanded A … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged A Battery, Army, Artillery Hill, Captain Franklin C. Gurley, Charles Meyers jr, Children's Games, Coast Artillery, Colonel Pace, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Parade Ground, General James H. Cunningham, Major Charles Meyers, Officers Row, Officers' Jobs, Port Townsend, Post Security
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Interview With Harold P. Aden
From the interview with Harold P. Aden of West St. Paul, MN conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on November 4, 2004 by John Clise. Mr. Aden served in the US Army 369th Engineers as a truck … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, Atomic Bomb Tests, Butler Buildings, Coronado, Fort Flagler, Foxholes, Korean War, M-Boats, Machine Gun Range, Motor Pools, Port Angeles WA, Port Townsend, San Diego CA, USO Clubs, Vancouver Canada, Yakima WA
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Interview With Lucinda Hall
From the interview with Lucinda Hall of Tacoma, WA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on March 15, 2005 by John Croghan. Ms. Hall’s father was a cook at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, her family … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Accidents, Artillery Hill, Balloon Hangar, Bunkers, Children's Games, Families of Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Fires, Fort Worden, McCurdy Pavilion, Rhododendron Festival, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview with Gasper J. “Gus” Impiccini
From the interview with Gasper J. “Gus” Impiccini of Clarksville, PA conducted by Rick Martinez by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on November 16,2004. Mr. Impiccini served in the US Army Co.D 532 EBSR 2nd Engineer Special Brigade, … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Casualties, Engineer Boat Support Regiment (EBSR)-532nd, Engineer Special Brigade (ESB)-2nd, Fort Worden, Hungnam Korea, Inchon Landing, Korean War, Lack of Adequate Clothing, LSTs, Merchant Marines, North Korea, Strikes, Survival in War, Work Stoppages, World War II Veterans
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Interview With Wilfred E. Allen
From the interview with Wilfred E. Allen of Sagle, ID conducted by phone by Wendy Los from the Fort Worden History Center on February 22, 2005. Mr. Allen was assigned to Fort Worden from June to September 1952 as Sergeant … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 1950 Chevrolet Automobiles, 507th Engineers, Army, Demolition Practice, Explosives, Fort Worden, Germany, Hanau Germany, Heavy Equipment Depot, Heavy Equipment Repairs, Kaiserslautern Germany, Port Construction Engineers, Russians, Speedometers, Switzerland, Welders, Welding
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Interview With Don Willott
From the interview with Don Willott of Bainbridge Island, WA conducted by Wendy Los at the Fort Worden History Center on March 23, 2004. Mr. Willott worked at the Fort Worden Juvenile Treatment Center from September 1967 to June 1968 … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Bob Warfield, Cascadia Diagnostic Center, Commanding Officers Quarters, Echo Glen, Forestry Camps, Fort Worden, Graduate Students, Green Hill School, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Juvenile Justice System, Port Townsend, Practicum in Social Work, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Sentencing of Juveniles, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), University of Washington School of Social Work, Western State Hospital
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Interview With Barbara B. Wickert
From the interview with Barbara Boyd Wickert of Pflugerville,TX conducted by phone on December 16, 2008 from the Fort Worden History Center by Eleanor Rigby. Ms. Wickert, the daughter of Colonel Joseph Lyon Boyd, was born at Fort Worden. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Army Dentists, Army Families, Army Medical Corps, Army Wives, Childbirth, Colonel Joseph Lyon Boyd, Corregidor, Door to Door Salesmen, Dr. Ison, Fort Worden, Joseph L. Boyd jr., Philippines, WearEver Aluminum
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Interview With Naomi Wood
From the interview with Naomi Wood of Bellevue, WA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on June 10. 2004 by John Clise. Mrs. Wood, the widow of Captain Richard H. Wood of the US Army 369th Boat … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th, Army, Army Families, Army Wives, Artillery Hill, Bridge (Card Game), Captain Richard H. Wood, Children, Children's Games, Colonel George Spaur, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Fort Worden, Korean War, Non-Commissioned Officers, Officers Row, Oregon Department of Forestry, Parties, Picnics, Retreat Ceremony, Salem OR, Social Life, Taps
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Interview With Michael W. Downey
From the interview with Michael W. Downey of Redmond, WA conducted by phone by Henry West from the Fort Worden History Center on October 19, 2004. Mr. Downey served in the Youth Conservation Corps group that worked out of Fort … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Bicentennial, Campgrounds, Fort Casey, Fort Worden State Park, Neah Bay, Ozette, Port Townsend, Rangers, Supervisors as Role Models, United States Bicentennial Celebration, Wallace Falls, Whidbey Island, Working Conditions, Youth Conservation Corps
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