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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 Rosalie Kline
From the interview with Mrs. Rosalie Kline of Grants Pass, OR conducted by phone by Patience Rogge from the Fort Worden History Center on January 22, 2008. Mrs. Kline was the daughter of Captain Miles A. Putnam, who was stationed … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Blackouts, Chapel, Dutch Harbor, Evacuation Preparation, Fort Flagler, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Submarines, Weather Bureau, Weddings, Women's Motor Corps, World War II
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Interview With Floyd D. Kimball
From the interview with Floyd D. Kimball of Port Townsend, WA conducted by Hazel Hatfield on May 14, 2002 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Kimball served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1950 to 1953 on active duty … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Coast Guard, Navy, Point Wilson Lighthouse
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Interview With William G. Himmert
From the interview with William G. Himert of Oregon, IL conducted by Oran DeBois by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on December 7, 2004. Mr. Himert served in the U.S. Army 369th Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment from 1950 to 1952, most … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Atomic Bomb Tests, Camp Desert Rock, Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment (EASR)-369th
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Interview With Jack W. Hendry
From the interview with Jack W. Hendry of Bremerton, WA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on February 10, 2004 by Patience Rogge. Mr. Hendry served in the U.S. Army 248th Coast Artillery G Battery and the … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Airplanes, Army, Batteries, Coast Artillery-248th, Dental Work, Draftees, Guns, Hangar (Balloon), Meals, Military Police Battalion-749th, Musical Instruments, Planes, Police (Military), Searchlights, Sergeants, Target Practice, World War II
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Interview With Clinton M. Hanks
From the interview with Clinton M. Hanks of St. Pete Beach, FL conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on December 16, 2003 by Rick Martinez. Colonel Hanks served in the US Army from 1943 to 1976, he … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Chapel, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Engineer Special Brigade, Fires, Korean War, Vietnam War, Weddings, World War II
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Interview with Harry L. Fridman
From the interview with Harry L. Fridman of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico conducted by Oran De Bois by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on March 12, 2004. Mr. Fridman was stationed at Fort Townsend in 1942 as a diver … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Divers, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section, Fort Townsend, Navy, Officers Club, World War II
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Interview with Marvin C. Fowler
From the interview with Marvin C. Fowler of Quartzite, AZ conducted by Oran De Bois by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on March 11, 2004. Mr. Fowler served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1971. He was stationed … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged CIA, Fishing, Harbor Entrance Control Post, Hydrophones, Icebreakers, Japan, Mines, Missiles, Navy, Prison, Russians, Ships, Signal Tower, Submarines, Triangulation, USS Elder, USS Fox, USS Manatee, USS Nautilus, USS Titan, Vietnam War
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Interview With Michael J. Fecho,jr.
From the interview with Michael J. Fecho, jr. of Port Hadlock, WA conducted by Eugene Walker at the Fort Worden History Center on July 9, 2002. Mr. Fecho was the son of Master Sergeant Michael J. Fecho, who served in … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, cigarettes, Coast Artillery-14th, Landing Craft Medium, Pets, Seasickness, Storms, Wildlife
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Interview With Thomas M. Elgin
From the interview with Thomas M. Elgin of Tyler, TX conducted by Patience Rogge by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on January 31, 2008. Mr. Elgin served in the U.S. Army from 1940 to 1949. Here he describes … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Voyages and Travel-Washington
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Interview With Marguerite “Mariwade” McIlroy Douglas
From the interview with Mrs. Marguerite “Mariwade” Mc Ilroy Douglas of Albuquerque, NM conducted by Shelly Testerman Randall by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on January 31, 2004. Mrs. Douglas was the daughter of U.S. Army Warrant Officer … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army-Military Life, Housing, Vegetable Gardening
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