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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 James Deen
From the interview with James Deen of Port Townsend, WA conducted by Mona Lou Stefflre at the Fort Worden History Center on May 15, 2003. Mr. Deen served in the US Army at the early warning radar site atop Artillery … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Guided Missiles, Nike Rockets, Radar Defense Networks, Storms
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Interview With Robert J. Bussey
From the interview with Robert J. Bussey of Fridley, MN conducted by Shelly Testerman Randall at the Fort Worden History Center on March 19, 2002. Mr. Bussey served in the US Army Corps of Engineers 369th EBSR from 1950 to … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 1323rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 369th EBSR, Army, Combat Engineering, Enemy Fire, Korean War, Punchbowl
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Interview With Robert J. Clouse
From the interview with Robert J. Clouse of Port Townsend, WA conducted by Hazel Hatfield at the Fort Worden History Center on March 6, 2003. Mr. Clouse served in the U.S. Army 513th Missile Battalion at Fort Worden during the … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Military
Tagged 513th Missile Battalion, Air Defenses, Army, Radar Defense Networks, Tipsy Dog Radar, USS Elder, USS Redhead
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Interview With Dominic J. Caruso
From the interview with Dominic J. Caruso of Toccoa, GA conducted by Wendy Los by telephone from the Fort Worden History Center on June 15, 2004. Mr. Caruso served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1952 as a radio … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 38th Parallel, Bob Hope, Bronze Star, Chinese Army, Grandpa Jones, Kamikazes, Korean War, North Korea, Okinawa, Philippines, Pusan, USO Entertainment, World War II, Yalu River
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Interview With Walter Carroll
From the interview with Walter Carroll of Everett, WA conducted by phone by Carter Huth on May 11, 2004 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Carroll served in the US Air Force in World War II. As a student … Continue reading
Interview With Robert J. “Buzz” Bosone
From the interview with Robert J. “Buzz” Bosone of Eastsound, WA conducted by Shelly Randall at the Fort Worden History Center on July 11, 2002. Mr. Bosone served in the US Army Signal Corps in Rome, Italy as a high … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Army of Occupation, C2 Transport Ship, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Rescues at Sea, Ships, Signal Corps, WACs, Womens Army Corps
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Interview With Marcella Younce
From the interview with Marcella Younce of Port Townsend conducted by Mona Lou Stefflre on July 15, 2002 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mrs. Younce grew up in Port Townsend and married Jack Younce, the son of a noncommissioned officer stationed at … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Howard Petrie, Jack Younce, Rabbits
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Interview With Helen Virden
From the interview with Helen Virden of Marshall, WI conducted by Patience Rogge by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on May 27, 2008. Mrs. Virden , the widow of U.S. Army Sergeant Kenneth M. Virden, lived in NCO quarters at Fort … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Childbirth, Death, Housing, Japanese Prison Camp, Prisoners of War
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Interview With John Vekich
From the interview with John Vekich of Tacoma, WA conducted by Oran DeBois at the Fort Worden History Center on January 24, 2004. Mr. Vekich served in the U.S. Army 248th Coast Artillery during World War II. At Fort Worden, he worked as … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Burglaries, Coast Artillery-248th, Death, Law Enforcement, World War II
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Interview With Mary Swift
From the interview with Mary Swift of Olympia conducted by Rick Martinez at the Fort Worden History Center on October 12, 2002. Mrs. Swift , daughter of Lt. Col. Floyd D. Robbins, lived at Fort Worden from 1940 to 1945. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Air Raid Drills, Floyd D. Robbins, Pearl Harbor Day
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