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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)
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- December 2014 (2)
- November 2014 (3)
- October 2014 (4)
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- July 2014 (6)
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- December 2013 (1)
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- March 2013 (4)
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- December 2012 (7)
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Tag Archives: Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR)
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 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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Interview With John A. Rich
From the interview with John A. Rich of Camino, CA conducted by John Croghan from the Fort Worden History Center by phone on June 28, 2005. Mr. Rich served in the U.S. Army 356th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment during … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Boats, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Ferries, Harbor Craft, Inchon Landing, Koje-do, Korean War, Operations (Prisoners of War), Prisoners of War, Shift Duty, Trains
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Interview With Paul W. Palmer
From the interview with Paul W. Palmer of Chimacum, WA conducted by John Clise at the Fort Worden History Center on June 25. 2002. Mr. Palmer served as a cook/baker in the U.S. Army 532 Engineer Shore and Boat Regiment … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Commanding Officers, Cooks, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), General Mark Clark, Sixth Army
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Interview With Harold H. Long
From the interview with Harold H. Long of Fort Wayne, IN conducted by Teddy Clark at the Fort Worden History Center on May 10, 2002. Mr. Long served in the U.S. Army 369th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment from 1951 … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Coast Guard, Cold War Era, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Fuel Transport, Greenland, Icebreakers, Russians, Shift Duty, Ships
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Interview With Robert W. Klum
From the interview with Robert W. Klum of King City, OR conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on December 4, 2008 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Klum served in the U.S. Army 369th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Boats, Canadians, colonels, Commanding Officers, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Officers, Q Boats, San Juan Islands, Ships
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Interview With Clinton M. Hanks
From the interview with Clinton M. Hanks of St. Pete Beach, FL conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on December 16, 2003 by Rick Martinez. Colonel Hanks served in the US Army from 1943 to 1976, he … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Chapel, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Engineer Special Brigade, Fires, Korean War, Vietnam War, Weddings, World War II
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