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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: Artillery Hill
Interview With Dave Backman
From the interview with Dave Backman of Port Townsend conducted at the Fort Worden History Center on March 29, 2007 by Patience Rogge. Mr. Backman grew up in Port Townsend, and after retiring moved back to his hometown. He served … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Children's Games, Cottage Parents, Dave Edwards, Football, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Parade Ground, High School Sports, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Juvenile diagnostic and Treatment Center--Residents
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Interview With Walter R. Carroll
From the interview with Walter R. Carroll of Everett, WA conducted by Carter Huth by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on May 11, 2004. Mr. Carroll served in the National Guard as a high school student and would … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Artillery Firing, Artillery Hill, Fort Worden, Guns, Missiles, National Guard, Shot Heavers
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Interview With Norman H. Myhre
From the interview with Norman H. Myhre of Port Townsend conducted by Oran DeBois at the Fort Worden History Center on October 7, 2003. Mr. Myhre served in the US Navy at Fort Worden Harbor Entrance Control Post on Artillery … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Artillery Hill, Fort Worden, Harbor Entrance Control Post, HECP, Hudson Point, Jefferson County WA Sheriff in 1940s, Navy, Peter Naughton, Point Hudson, Point Wilson, Port Townsend, Relations with TownsPeople of Port Townsendff, Sailors, Signal Lights, Signal Towers, Sonar, Whidbey Island
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Interview With Edward G. Weed
From the interview with Edward G. Weed of Poulsbo, WA conducted by John Clise on April 17, 2004 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Weed was a member of the US Army 248th Coast Artillery F Battery from 1941 … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 248th Coast Artillery Battery F, Army, Army Athletes, Artillery Hill, Boats at Fort Worden in World War II, Colonel McMorris, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Baseball Team, General Cunningham's Dogs, General James H. Cunningham, Guns, SS Colonel Willard, Strait of Juan DeFuca, Target Practice
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Interview With Warren Dickman
From the interview with Warren Dickman of Tieton, WA conducted by Teddy Clark by phone on February 2, 2005 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Dickman served in the Boat Battalion of the 369th EASR at Fort Worden in … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Amphibious Engineers, Army, Army Enlistment Choices, Artillery Hill, Boat Battalion, Combat Engineers, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Bluff, Korean War Era, Socialization, Soldiers, Tensions Among the Troops, Training Exercises
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Interview With April N. Miller
Excerpts from the interview with April N. Miller of New York, NY conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on February 7, 2012 by Eleanor Rigby. Ms. Miller is the daughter of Marshall Earl Miller and Muriel Smock … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged 4-H, Artillery Hill, Chaplains at Fort Worden, Children's Games, Choir at Fort Worden Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Dressage, Equitation, Families of Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Fort Worden, Horsemanship, Horses, Jefferson County Fair, Jody Stewart, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Marshall Earl Miller, Muriel Smock Miller Severns, Ponies, Port Townsend School District No. 50, Rhododendron Festival Activities, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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Interview With Michael Wierman
From the interview with Michael Wierman of Woodinville, WA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on September 18, 2012 by Eleanor Rigby. Mr. Wierman is a member of the Puget Sound Military Vehicle Collectors Club (PSMVCC), a … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Battle of the Bulge, Food Machinery Engineers, Ford Motor Company, Fort Worden, Hobbies, Jeep Collectors, Jeep Owners, Jeeps, Military Surplus Vehicles, Military Vehicle Collectors, Military Vehicle Show at Fort Worden State Park, Military Vehicles, Normandy Invasion, PSMVCC, Puget Sound Military Vehicle Collectors Club, Remanufactured Jeeps, Vehicle Restoration, Willys Overland Company, World War II
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Interview With William F. Gurley
From the interview with William F. Gurley of Kingston, WA conducted by Ken Brink at the Fort Worden History Center on July 2, 2002. Mr. Gurley’s father, Captain Franklin Chris Gurley of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, commanded A … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged A Battery, Army, Artillery Hill, Captain Franklin C. Gurley, Charles Meyers jr, Children's Games, Coast Artillery, Colonel Pace, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Parade Ground, General James H. Cunningham, Major Charles Meyers, Officers Row, Officers' Jobs, Port Townsend, Post Security
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Interview With Lucinda Hall
From the interview with Lucinda Hall of Tacoma, WA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on March 15, 2005 by John Croghan. Ms. Hall’s father was a cook at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, her family … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Accidents, Artillery Hill, Balloon Hangar, Bunkers, Children's Games, Families of Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Fires, Fort Worden, McCurdy Pavilion, Rhododendron Festival, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
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