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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 With Kay W. Wilson
From the interview with Kay W. Wilson of Silverdale, WA conducted by Henry West at the Fort Worden History Center on July 7, 2002. At the time, Ms. Wilson, a former resident of Port Townsend, was attending the Festival of … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged American Music, Appalachian Music, Appalachian Musicians, Balloon Hangars, Bertram Levy, Blimp Hangars, Cape Breton Fiddlers, Cape Breton Musicians, Cape Breton Pianists, Centrum, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Fiddle tunes, Folk Music, McCurdy Pavilion, Piano Accompaniment Styles, Piano Instruction, Tents, Traditional Music
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Interview With Raymond A. Buell
From the interview with Raymond A. Buell of Helena, MT conducted by Tim Caldwell by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on November 4, 2004. Mr. Buell served in the US Army 369th Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment, Boat Battalion … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army, Atomic Bomb Tests, Camp Desert Rock NV, Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment (EASR)-369th, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, Frenchman's Flats, Lack of Protective Gear, Shock Waves, Yucca Flats
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Interview With Patricia S. Simpson
From the interview with Patricia S. Simpson of Port Townsend conducted at the Fort Worden History Center by Patience Rogge on March 6, 2008. Ms. Simpson worked as a secretary at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center for two years, … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Centrum, Chetzemoka Park, Dr. Bill Shire, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Fiddle tunes, Fort Worden, Foxes, Friends of Fort Worden, Gus Lindquist, Mary Johnson, Musicians, Port Townsend Police, Runners and Running, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Telephone Operators, Telephone Switchboards, Typewriters, Wildlife
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Interview With Alexander C. Page
From the interview with Colonel Alexander C. Page, U.S. Army ret., of Mesa, AZ conducted by phone by John Clise from the Fort Worden History Center on May 20, 2004. Col. Page served in the Corps of Engineers Brigade 532nd … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 5th Army Trainees, 7th Division, Army, Army Wives, Betty Goodman Page, Bronze Star, Chosin Reservoir, Corps of Engineers 532nd Brigade ES&B, Deck Officers, Eniwetok, Fort Casey, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Motor Pool. Second Lieutenants, Hungnam, Inchon Landing, Iwon, Japan, Korean War, Landing Craft Medium (LCMs).Columbia River, Legion of Merit, Living Conditions, Officers Club at Fort Worden, Operation with U.S. Marines, Panama Canal, Parades in Port Townsend, Port Townsend, Pusan, Seoul, Social Life, Vieques Island, Viet Nam War, Whidbey Island
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Interview With Benedict O. Williamson
From the interview with Benedict O. Williamson of Louisville, KY conducted by phone on May 27, 2004 by Patience Rogge from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Williamson served in the U.S. Army at Fort Worden in 1951. He had … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 25th Infantry Division, Army, Captain Buckley, Colonel Stack, Commanding Officers, Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Worden Motor Pool, Homesickness, Indiantown Gap PA, Jeep Drivers, Jeeps, Korean War, Military Discharges, Southern Accents, Staff Sergeants, Tank Recovery, Underage Soldiers
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Interview with Bill E. Walker
From the interview with Bill E. Walker of Lake Stevens, WA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on January 24,2008 by Patience Rogge. Mr. Walker served in the US Army at Fort Worden from 1948 to 1950. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Attitude Toward Servicemen, Caterpillars, Fort Lewis, Heavy Equipment Repairs, Hoodsport WA, Jeep Drivers, Port Townsend, Treatment of Servicemen
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Interview with Roy E. Johnson
From the interview with Roy E. Johnson of Camano Island, WA conducted by phone from 696 Woodland Drive in Port Townsend on January 16, 2007 by Patience Rogge. Mr. Johnson was employed by Washington State Parks in several capacities beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged An Officer and a Gentleman movie, Battery Kinzie, David Keith, Debra Winger, Fort Worden, Lou Gossett, Park Rangers, Public Use of Fort Worden, Richard Gere, Security Guard Compensation
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