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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)
- May 2014 (5)
- April 2014 (1)
- January 2014 (1)
- December 2013 (1)
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- July 2013 (2)
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- March 2013 (4)
- February 2013 (5)
- January 2013 (4)
- December 2012 (7)
- November 2012 (8)
- October 2012 (2)
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- July 2012 (4)
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- March 2012 (39)
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Category Archives: Military
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 Eugene D. Vacher
From the interview with Eugene D. Vacher of El Cajon, CA conducted by Patience Rogge by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on November 17, 2009. Mr. Vacher served at Fort Worden after World War II as the leader … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged American Cemeteries in Europe, Army Band Leaders, Army Bands, Bilingual Skills, Conversations With French People, Festival of Jeanne D'Arc, French Language, Joan of Arc Celebration in Orleans France, Mary Vacher, Military Cemetery Dedications, Orleans France, Port Townsend Centennial March, Travel Arrangements, World War II Allied Invasions
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Interview With Noris H. Christensen
From the interview with Noris H. Christensen of Lakeview, OR conducted by John Clise by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on December 14,2004. Mr. Christensen served in the 369th EBSR Company C from December 1950 to December 1952 … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, Army, Calisthenics, Colonel Applegate, Colonel Spaur, Commanding Officers, Fort Worden Parade Ground, Korean War, Madigan Army Hospital, Morale, Native American Soldiers, Parade Grounds, Physical Exercise, Psychiatric Problems, Rochefort France
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Interview With Patricia A. Kelley
From the interview with Patricia A. Kelley of Columbus, OH conducted by Hazel Hatfield at the Fort Worden History Center on May 30, 2003. Ms. Kelley, the wife of Captain Samuel C. “Cliff” Kelley, lived in House 9W on Officers … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Aldrich's Market, Army Wives, Captain Samuel C. "Cliff" Kelley, Officers Row, Parties, Socializing, VE Day
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Interview With Frank A. Kraft
From the interview with Frank A. Kraft of Mobridge, SD conducted by Henry West by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on May 20, 2004. Mr. Kraft served at Fort Worden and Fort Flagler as a member of the … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment Shore Battalion, 369thEASR, Army Food, Bob Hope, Bunkers, Camp Desert Rock NV, Deer Hunting in Korea, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, Japan, Korean War, Korean War Living Conditions, M4 Tanks, M46 Tanks, Mortar Fire, Officers, Pheasant Hunting in Korea, Punchbowl Korea, Rifle Fire, Squad Tents, Tank Mechanics, Tanks Used for Artillery, USO Shows
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Interview With Alfred Simonette
From the interview with Alfred Simonette of Carmichael, CA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center by Patience Rogge in 2009. Mr. Simonette served in the 360th US Army Band from 1947 through 1949. When McCormick General Hospital … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 360th US Army Band, Band Engagements, Clarinet Players, Crash Boats, Fort Worden Parade Ground, Living Conditions, M-Boats, McCormick General Hospital in Pasadena CA, NCO Club, Officers Club, Port Angeles WA, Service Club, Weather, Whidbey Island
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Interview With Hammond M. Salley
From the interview with Hammond M. Salley (Major, USA ret.) of Anaheim, CA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on July 20, 2010 by Patience Rogge. Mr. Salley is the son of Colonel Henry M. Salley (1901-1994); … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Artillery Hill, Colonel Henry M. Salley, Cub Scouts, Ernest Meres Salley, Essex Automobiles, Greenhouses, Guns, Military Police, MPs, Officers Row, Port Townsend High School, Post Exchange, Pranks, PX
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Interview with Carl F. Baswell
From the interview with Colonel Carl F. Baswell of Heber Springs, AR conducted by Tim Caldwell at the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle on May 28, 2003. Col. Baswell served for three years at Fort Worden as commander of Company B … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 333rd Engineers Special Services Regiment F Company, 532nd, Air Force Commendation Medal, Arkansas Tech, Army Promotions, Autobahn Bridges, Bronze Star, Constabulary Command Europe, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Fort Worden, Gruen and Belfinger Constrution Firm, Karlsruhe, Legion of Merit Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Pforzheim, Purple Heart Medal, Stuttgart, World War II
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