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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: Port Townsend
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 Lucille Reinen
From the interview with Lucille Reinen of Port Townsend conducted by Carter Huth at the Fort Worden History Center on August 19, 2004. Since moving to Port Townsend, Ms. Reinen has participated in many Centrum and Port Townsend Marine Science … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Army Families, Artists in Port Townsend, Centrum, Fort Warren, Fort Worden, Military Families, Peninsula College in Port Townsend, Port Townsend, Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Washington State, Writers in Port Townsend
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Interview With Gwen Lovett
From the interview with Gwen Lovett of Port Townsend conducted by Rick Martinez at the Fort Worden History Center on February 27, 2003. Ms. Lovett was born in Port Townsend while her father, Master Sergeant Archie Christensen was stationed at … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Washington State Parks
Tagged Army Families, Centrum Foundation, Commanding Officers Quarters at Fort Worden, Fort Worden, Friends of Fort Worden, Guardhouse Gift Shop at Fort Worden, Master Sgt. Archie Christensen, Motor Pool at Fort Worden, NCO Row at Fort Worden, Port Townsend
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Interview With Grimanesa Amoros
From the interview with Grimanesa Amoros conducted by Clare Ledden at the Fort Worden History Center on November 4, 2004. Ms. Amoros is an interdisiplinary artist. She was born in Peru and currently lives in New York City. In 2004, … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged "Rootless Algas", Artists in Residence at Centrum, Centrum, Fort Worden, Interdisciplinary Artists, Living Conditions at Fort Worden, People of Port Townsend, Port Townsend, Residencies at Centrum, Rose Theater in Port Townsend
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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 Larry Frankini
From the interview with Larry Frankini of Flushing, NY conducted by phone by Henry West from the Fort Worden History Center on March 2, 2005. Mr. Frankini served in Company B of the Boat Battalion, 369th EASR fom 1951 to … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army, Army Life, Company B Boat Battalion 369th EASR, Fort Worden, LCMs, Port Townsend, Salvage Boats, Treatment of Soldiers by Townspeople, Washington State
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Interview With Dolores Crow
From the interview with Dolores Crow of Nampa, ID conducted by Tim Caldwell on December 21, 2004 by phone from the Fort Worden History Center. Mrs. Crow is the widow of Wayne T. Crow, who served in D Company, Shore … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army Wives, Curly's Burgers, Fort Flagler, Fort Worden, Four Corners, Living Conditions, Port Townsend, Seattle, Sequim WA, Shore Battalion 369th EASR, Social Life
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Interview With Barbara Christensen
From the interview with Barbara Christensen of Albert Lea, MN conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on June 7, 2005 by Clare Ledden. Ms. Christensen, wife of John L. Christensen of the 369th EASR, lived in Port … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army Wives, Fort Worden, Living Conditions, Port Townsend, Social Life
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Interview With Dwight L. Chandler
From the interview with Dwight L. Chandler of Centraila, WA conducted by Pam Clise at the Fort Worden History Center on June 19, 2003. Mr. Chandler served in the 369th EASR from 1951 to1953. Most of his time was spent … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 369th EASR, Army, Coxswains, Crewmen, D9 Tractors, Displacement of LCMs, Dungeness Spit, Fort Worden, Landing Ramps, LCMs, Neah Bay, Port Townsend, Recovery Operations, Storms in the Strait of Juan De Fuca, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Whip Antennas
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