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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 Naomi Wood
From the interview with Naomi Wood of Bellevue, WA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on June 10. 2004 by John Clise. Mrs. Wood, the widow of Captain Richard H. Wood of the US Army 369th Boat … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th, Army, Army Families, Army Wives, Artillery Hill, Bridge (Card Game), Captain Richard H. Wood, Children, Children's Games, Colonel George Spaur, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Fort Worden, Korean War, Non-Commissioned Officers, Officers Row, Oregon Department of Forestry, Parties, Picnics, Retreat Ceremony, Salem OR, Social Life, Taps
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Interview With Patricia S. Simpson
From the interview with Patricia S. Simpson of Port Townsend conducted at the Fort Worden History Center by Patience Rogge on March 6, 2008. Ms. Simpson worked as a secretary at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center for two years, … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Centrum, Chetzemoka Park, Dr. Bill Shire, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Fiddle tunes, Fort Worden, Foxes, Friends of Fort Worden, Gus Lindquist, Mary Johnson, Musicians, Port Townsend Police, Runners and Running, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Telephone Operators, Telephone Switchboards, Typewriters, Wildlife
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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 Bayly Miller
From the interview with Bayly Miller of University Place, WA conducted by phone by Patience Rogge from the Fort Worden History Center on July 12, 2011. Mr. Miller is the son of Marshall E. Miller (1927-1999), who was the chaplain … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Artillery Hill, Battery Benson, Battery Tolles, Chaplains, Kitchen Shelter at Fort Worden, Marshall E. Miller, National Guard Armory, Norman Nolan, Officers Mess, PX, Radars, Tim Nolan
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Interview with Jeffrey D. Wheeler
From the interview with Jeffrey D. Wheeler of Camano Island, WA conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on March 20, 2007 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Wheeler is a Ranger at Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island. … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Blaine Bellerud, Cama Beach State Park, Centrum, Children's Games, Dan Harpole Cistern, Dodgeball, Fort Worden State Park, Glen Bellerud, Joseph Wheeler, Madrona MindBody Institute, Park Rangers, Rainier Beer, Tunnels at Fort Worden
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Interview With Oran P. DeBois,Jr.
From the interview with Oran P. DeBois, jr. of Sequim, WA conducted by Rae Tennyson at the Fort Worden History Center on November 12, 2002. Mr. DeBois served in the U.S. Navy at Fort Worden in the Harbor Defense Command … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Artillery Hill, Bremerton Naval Station (WA), Canadian Navy, Cryptography, Ferries, Harbor Defense Unit, Harbor Entrance Control Post, Hydrophones, Korean War, Mines, Navy, Submarines
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Interview With Ronald J. Novak
From the interview with Ronald J. Novak of Sequim, WA conducted by Wendy Los at the Fort Worden History Center on June 13, 2006. Mr. Novak served in the US Army from 1957 to 1960, during his eight months at … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Artillery Hill, Batteries, Generators, Guns, Radars, Seattle Air Defense Command, Shift Duty
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Interview With Mel Wortman
From the interview with Mel Wortman on June 1, 2004 conducted by Patience Rogge by phone from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Wortman served as a member of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission from 1984 to 1996. Here he … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Artillery Hill, Construction, Jan Tvetin, Memory's Vault, Washington Arts Commission, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
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Interview with James O. Arntz
From the interview with James O. Arntz of Bend, OR conducted by Jonathan Langdon at the Fort Worden History Center on October 23, 2003. Mr. Arntz served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. While at Fort Worden, he … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Artillery Hill, Harbor Entrance Control Post, Japanese Submarines, Navy, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Submarines, World War II
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