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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
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Category Archives: Military
Interview with Richard G. “Rick” Martinez
From the interview with Richard G. “Rick” Martinez of Port Townsend conducted by Patience Rogge on May 24, 2011 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Martinez’s father Master Sergeant Fermin C. Martinez was stationed at Fort Worden with the … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 536th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, Criminal Investigation Command, Investigation Techniques, Ken Martinez, Master Sergeant Fermin C. Martinez, Military Discipline, Military Police, Murder and Suicide at Fort Worden, NCO Row at Fort Worden
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Interview with Eleanor B. Anderson
From the interview with Eleanor B. Anderson of Bainbridge Island, WA conducted by Oran DeBois at the Fort Worden History Center on September 9, 2002. Mrs. Anderson came to Port Townsend as a caseworker for the Jefferson County Welfare Department … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Alistair R. Anderson, American Red Cross, Army Officers Wives, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Officers Quarters at Fort Worden, Chapel at Fort Worden, Chaplains, Fran McMahon, General James H. Cunningham, Internment of Japanese-Americans, Jefferson County WA Welfare Department, Reviewing Troops, Social Life, Social Workers, Weddings
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Interview With John Palmer
From the interview with John Palmer of Moraga, CA conducted by Wendy Los by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on July 12, 2011. Mr. Palmer is the son of Captain Rodney Isom Palmer, M.D. (1919-2009) who was the … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army Doctors, Army Hospital at Fort Worden, Artillery Batteries, Balloon Hangar, Captain Rodney Isom Palmer, Fort Worden Pier, Fort Worden Post Surgeon, Guns, K Rations, Korean War, Lake Leland, Liaison Aircraft, Lincoln School, Military Police, MPs, Nurses Quarters at Fort Worden, Officers Row, Retreat, Retreat Ceremony
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Interview With Marjorie Carpentier
From the interview with Marjorie Carpentier of Port Townsend conducted by Carter Huth at the Fort Worden History Center on April 15, 2004. Ms. Carpentier is the daughter of L.P. Vane who served in the Coast Artillery in the early … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Air Force, Air Force Officers, Army, Battle of the Bulge, Coast Artillery, Coast Guard, Coupeville WA, Cryptographers, Cryptography, Dayton OH, Fort Casey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, German Documents, Japanese Radio Code, Joseph H. Carpentier, Katakana, L.P. Vane, MOS, Petaluma CA, Presidential Unit Citations, Seattle, Second Signal Corps Service Battalion, Short Wave Radio, Signal Corps, Two Rock Ranch, WACs, War Correspondents, Western Union, Womens Army Corps, World War II, Wright-Patterson Air Base
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Interview with James T. Darrah jr.
From the interview with James T. Darrah jr. of Hattiesburg, MS conducted by phone by Wendy Los on July 21, 2011 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Darrah is the son of Colonel James T. Darrah (1905-1988), who was … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army Families, Cocker Spaniels, Colonel James T. Darrah, Commanding Officers Quarters, Fires, General James H. Cunningham, Officers Row, Pyromaniacs
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Interview with Raymond C. Baker
From the interview with Raymond C. Baker of Urbandale, IA conducted by phone by Wendy Los on September 27, 2011 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Baker served in the US Army Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 369th Engineer … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged A-Bombs, Atomic Bomb Tests, B-52s, Camp Desert Rock NV, Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment (EASR)-369th, Korean War, Las Vegas NV, Military Secrets, Mushroom Clouds, Nuclear Tests, Soldiers
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Interview with Eldon L. Gallear
From the interview with Eldon L. Gallear of Wasila, AK conducted by phone by Patience Rogge from the Fort Worden History Center on May 31, 2011. Mr. Gallear served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, attaining … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Angels, Galveston TX, Guardian Angels, Marine Engineers, Merchant Marine.World War II, Nurses, Rescues at Sea, Seamen, Ships, Submarine Attacks
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Interview With James E. Wells
From the interview with World War II veteran, James E. Wells of Quincy, WA conducted by John Croghan on July 1, 2004 by phone from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Wells was drafted in 1944 and assigned to the … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 365th Infantry Regiment-Co. G, Airplanes, Army, Battle of the Bulge, Belgium, Coast Artillery-14th, France, George S. Patton, Germany, Guns, Military Police, Prisoners of War, Red Cross, Seasickness, Ships, Target Practice, USS Wasp, World War II
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