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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
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- December 2014 (2)
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- July 2014 (6)
- June 2014 (7)
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- March 2013 (4)
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- December 2012 (7)
- November 2012 (8)
- October 2012 (2)
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- July 2012 (4)
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- May 2012 (7)
- April 2012 (6)
- March 2012 (39)
- February 2012 (49)
- January 2012 (4)
Tag Archives: Navy
Interview With Dick E. Wiltse
From the interview with Dick E. Wiltse of Port Townsend conducted at the Fort Worden History Center by Rick Martinez on February 5, 2004. Mr. Wiltse, a veteran of both the Army and Navy, also worked as a cook at … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center, Military
Tagged Army, Ferries, Ferry Accidents, Fort Worden, Harbor Entrance Control Post, Harold Gruver, HECP, Hydrophones, Indian Island Naval Base, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center--Staff, Naval Reservists, Navy, Oscar Lee, Ship Detection Equipment, Stan Robichaux
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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 Floyd Michelson
From the interview with Floyd Michelson of Seabeck, WA conducted at the Fort Worden History Center by Nancy Vleck on June 8, 2004. Mr. Michelson served in the Boat Battalion, 369th EASR from 1951 to 1952. Here he talks about … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army, Army Life, Boat Battalion 369th EASR, Camp Kilmer, Fort Worden, Greenland, Longshoring, Navy, Port Townsend, Rochefort France, Santa Catalina Island, Soldier's Pay, USS Deuel, USS M.L. Hersey
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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 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 Floyd D. Kimball
From the interview with Floyd D. Kimball of Port Townsend, WA conducted by Hazel Hatfield on May 14, 2002 at the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Kimball served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1950 to 1953 on active duty … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Coast Guard, Navy, Point Wilson Lighthouse
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Interview with Harry L. Fridman
From the interview with Harry L. Fridman of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico conducted by Oran De Bois by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on March 12, 2004. Mr. Fridman was stationed at Fort Townsend in 1942 as a diver … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Divers, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section, Fort Townsend, Navy, Officers Club, World War II
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Interview with Marvin C. Fowler
From the interview with Marvin C. Fowler of Quartzite, AZ conducted by Oran De Bois by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on March 11, 2004. Mr. Fowler served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1971. He was stationed … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged CIA, Fishing, Harbor Entrance Control Post, Hydrophones, Icebreakers, Japan, Mines, Missiles, Navy, Prison, Russians, Ships, Signal Tower, Submarines, Triangulation, USS Elder, USS Fox, USS Manatee, USS Nautilus, USS Titan, Vietnam War
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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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