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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)
- 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: Korean War
Interview With Paul Stock
From the interview with Paul Stock of Cottage Grove, OR conducted by Eugene Walker on July 8, 2002 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Stock served in the Boat Battalion of the 369th EASR during the Korean War era. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, 501st Transportation Corps, Army, Boat Battalion 369th EASR, Fire Boats, Korean Boats in the 1950's, Korean War, Pusan Korea
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Interview With John A. Rich
From the interview with John Rich of Camino, CA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on June 28, 2005 by John Croghan. Mr. Rich served in the 356th EBSR at Fort Worden during the Korean War era. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 356th EBSR, 501st Harbor Craft, Army, Fort Worden, Inchon, Koje-do Island, Korea, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, LCUs, LSTs, Mike Boats, Operation Bog Switch, Operation Little Switch, Prisoners of War, Pusan, Seasickness, USS General Black
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Interview With Thomas Crowe
From the interview with Thomas Crowe of Logansport, IN conducted by John Clise by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on March 1, 2005. Mr. Crowe served in Company E of the Shore Battalion, 369th EASR at Fort Flagler … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Atomic Bomb Tests, Beer Hall at Camp Desert Rock, Camp Desert Rock, Fort Flagler, Korean War, Las Vegas NV, Nellis Air Force Base, PX at Camp Desert Rock, Radiation Caused Illnesses, Shore Battalion 369th EASR, Treatment of Military Personnel
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Interview with Almanza “Red” Rogers
From the interview with Almanza “Red” Rogers of Randle, WA conducted by Clio Ward by phone on March 19, 2014 from Port Townsend. Mr. Rogers served at Fort Worden in the 369th EASR during the Korean War Era. Complete transcripts … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army Cooks, Army Hospital at Fort Worden, Care of Quarters, Fort Lewis, Fort Worden, Friendships, John Singhose, Korean War, KP, Measles
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Interview With Richard L. French
From the interview with Richard L. French of Port Angeles, WA conducted by John Croghan at the Fort Worden History Center on October 14, 2004. Mr. French served in the US Navy in World War II and later in the … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Brigadier General Joseph J. Twitty, Camp Mc Gill Japan, Camp McCoy WI, Colonel Alexander, Commanding Officers, Couriers, Engineer Boat Support Regiment (EBSR)-532nd, Engineer Special Brigade (ESB)-2nd, Fire at Fort Worden Officers Club, Football Team at Fort Worden, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Chapel, General D.A.D. Ogden, Hudson Point, Inchon Landing, Korean War, Landing Craft Medium (LCMs), MPs, Point Hudson, Port Townsend, Pusan, Second ESB Headquarters Company, Sixth Army Football Championship, Wonsan North Korea
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Interview With John W. Singhose
From the interview with John W. Singhose of Port Angeles, WA conducted by Rick Martinez on May 10, 2002 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Singhose served in the 369th Boat and Shore Regiment, later called the Engineer Amphibious … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EBSR, 369thEASR, Army, Boot Camp, Cape George, Captain Gibbs, Discovery Bay, Firing Ranges, Fort Lewis, Fort Worden, Korean War, Shipping on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Target Practice, Targets
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Interview With Harold P. Aden
From the interview with Harold P. Aden of West St. Paul, MN conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on November 4, 2004 by John Clise. Mr. Aden served in the US Army 369th Engineers as a truck … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, Atomic Bomb Tests, Butler Buildings, Coronado, Fort Flagler, Foxholes, Korean War, M-Boats, Machine Gun Range, Motor Pools, Port Angeles WA, Port Townsend, San Diego CA, USO Clubs, Vancouver Canada, Yakima WA
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Interview with Gasper J. “Gus” Impiccini
From the interview with Gasper J. “Gus” Impiccini of Clarksville, PA conducted by Rick Martinez by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on November 16,2004. Mr. Impiccini served in the US Army Co.D 532 EBSR 2nd Engineer Special Brigade, … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Casualties, Engineer Boat Support Regiment (EBSR)-532nd, Engineer Special Brigade (ESB)-2nd, Fort Worden, Hungnam Korea, Inchon Landing, Korean War, Lack of Adequate Clothing, LSTs, Merchant Marines, North Korea, Strikes, Survival in War, Work Stoppages, World War II Veterans
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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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