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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)
Tag Archives: Army
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 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 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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Interview With James S. Rutherford
From the interview with James S. Rutherford of Los Altos, CA conducted by Patience Rogge by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on May 27, 2004. Mr. Rutherford’s father, Captain Dorsey J. Rutherford was stationed at Fort Worden in … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Coast Artillery-63rd, Corregidor, Dorsey J. Rutherford, Philippines, Prisoners of War, Robert D. Rutherford, World War II
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Interview with Ted Anstensen
From the interview with Ted Anstensen of Anacortes, WA conducted by Hazel Hatfield at the Fort Worden History Center on May 17, 2002. Mr. Anstensen served in the US Army 369th Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment at Fort Worden during the … Continue reading
Interview With Donald E. Young
From the interview with Donald E. Young of Kingston, WA conducted by Tim Caldwell at the Fort Worden History Center on May 10, 2002. Mr. Young served in the US Army 369th Engineers Amphibious Support Regiment from 1950 to 1952. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment (EASR)-369th, Greenland, Icebreakers, Navy, Shift Duty, Ships, Trains, USS Deuel APA 160
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Interview With Elinor Wright
From the interview with Elinor Wright of Andover, MA conducted by Patience Rogge by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on April 1, 2004. Mrs. Wright was the daughter of Colonel Lawrence L. Clayton, sr. who was stationed at … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, colonels, Commanding Officers, Discovery Bay, Downtown (Port townsend), Duplexes on the Fort, Ferries, Lawrence L. Clayton sr., Meals, Officers, Officers Club, Officers Row, Protocol, Socialization, Weather
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Interview With Frances M. Walls
From the interview with Frances M. Walls of Alexandria, VA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on May 25, 2004 by Sandra Lizut. Mrs. Walls was the daughter of Col. Frank M. Moose, who served in the … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Army Medical Corps, colonels, Frank M. Moose, Gardens, High School, Meals, Officers Row
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Interview With Anthony Tucholski
From the interview with Anthony Tucholski of Toledo, OH conducted by Rick Martinez at the Fort Worden History Center on May 12, 2002. Mr. Tucholski served in the 248th Coast Artillery from June 1941 to September 1945. He was stationed … Continue reading
Interview With Melvin L. Tompkins
From the interview with Melvin L. Tompkins of Apopka, FL conducted by Patience Rogge by phone on January 17, 2008. Mr. Tompkins served in the U.S. Army during World War II. During his 18 months service at Fort Worden, he … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Dental Work, World War II
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