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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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Recent Posts
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)
Category Archives: Military
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 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 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 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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Interview With Dick E. Wiltse
From the interview with Dick E. Wiltse of Port Townsend conducted at the Fort Worden History Center by Rick Martinez on February 5, 2004. Mr. Wiltse, a veteran of both the Army and Navy, also worked as a cook at … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Military
Tagged Army, Ferries, Ferry Accidents, Fort Worden, Harbor Entrance Control Post, Harold Gruver, HECP, Hydrophones, Indian Island Naval Base, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center--Staff, Naval Reservists, Navy, Oscar Lee, Ship Detection Equipment, Stan Robichaux
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Interview With Norman H. Myhre
From the interview with Norman H. Myhre of Port Townsend conducted by Oran DeBois at the Fort Worden History Center on October 7, 2003. Mr. Myhre served in the US Navy at Fort Worden Harbor Entrance Control Post on Artillery … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Artillery Hill, Fort Worden, Harbor Entrance Control Post, HECP, Hudson Point, Jefferson County WA Sheriff in 1940s, Navy, Peter Naughton, Point Hudson, Point Wilson, Port Townsend, Relations with TownsPeople of Port Townsendff, Sailors, Signal Lights, Signal Towers, Sonar, Whidbey Island
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Interview With Edward G. Weed
From the interview with Edward G. Weed of Poulsbo, WA conducted by John Clise on April 17, 2004 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Weed was a member of the US Army 248th Coast Artillery F Battery from 1941 … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 248th Coast Artillery Battery F, Army, Army Athletes, Artillery Hill, Boats at Fort Worden in World War II, Colonel McMorris, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Baseball Team, General Cunningham's Dogs, General James H. Cunningham, Guns, SS Colonel Willard, Strait of Juan DeFuca, Target Practice
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