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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: Port Townsend
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 Don Willott
From the interview with Don Willott of Bainbridge Island, WA conducted by Wendy Los at the Fort Worden History Center on March 23, 2004. Mr. Willott worked at the Fort Worden Juvenile Treatment Center from September 1967 to June 1968 … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Bob Warfield, Cascadia Diagnostic Center, Commanding Officers Quarters, Echo Glen, Forestry Camps, Fort Worden, Graduate Students, Green Hill School, Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Juvenile Justice System, Port Townsend, Practicum in Social Work, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Sentencing of Juveniles, Staff (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), University of Washington School of Social Work, Western State Hospital
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Interview With Michael W. Downey
From the interview with Michael W. Downey of Redmond, WA conducted by phone by Henry West from the Fort Worden History Center on October 19, 2004. Mr. Downey served in the Youth Conservation Corps group that worked out of Fort … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Bicentennial, Campgrounds, Fort Casey, Fort Worden State Park, Neah Bay, Ozette, Port Townsend, Rangers, Supervisors as Role Models, United States Bicentennial Celebration, Wallace Falls, Whidbey Island, Working Conditions, Youth Conservation Corps
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Interview With Alexander C. Page
From the interview with Colonel Alexander C. Page, U.S. Army ret., of Mesa, AZ conducted by phone by John Clise from the Fort Worden History Center on May 20, 2004. Col. Page served in the Corps of Engineers Brigade 532nd … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 5th Army Trainees, 7th Division, Army, Army Wives, Betty Goodman Page, Bronze Star, Chosin Reservoir, Corps of Engineers 532nd Brigade ES&B, Deck Officers, Eniwetok, Fort Casey, Fort Worden, Fort Worden Motor Pool. Second Lieutenants, Hungnam, Inchon Landing, Iwon, Japan, Korean War, Landing Craft Medium (LCMs).Columbia River, Legion of Merit, Living Conditions, Officers Club at Fort Worden, Operation with U.S. Marines, Panama Canal, Parades in Port Townsend, Port Townsend, Pusan, Seoul, Social Life, Vieques Island, Viet Nam War, Whidbey Island
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Interview with Bill E. Walker
From the interview with Bill E. Walker of Lake Stevens, WA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on January 24,2008 by Patience Rogge. Mr. Walker served in the US Army at Fort Worden from 1948 to 1950. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Attitude Toward Servicemen, Caterpillars, Fort Lewis, Heavy Equipment Repairs, Hoodsport WA, Jeep Drivers, Port Townsend, Treatment of Servicemen
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Interview With Joseph D. Benson, Sr.
From the interview with Joseph De Villo Benson, Sr. of Port Townsend conducted by Rae Tennyson at the Fort Worden History Center on July 7, 2002. Mr. Benson worked at Fort Worden from 1959 to 1981. His career spanned the … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Ang Taylor, Chetzemoka Park, De Villo Hotel, Dinky Engine, Drought in North Dakota 1927, Fog Horns, Gordon Trafton, Lance Cubley, Landes Street, Model T Trucks, N.D. Hill Building, OR, Paper Mills, Port Townsend, Recreational Vehicles, Seaside, Seattle, Westward Migration, William Matheson, Yellowstone Park
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Interview With Thatcher Bailey
From the interview with Thatcher Bailey conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on January 26, 2012 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Bailey worked for Centrum at several different times in different capacities. Here he describes how he came … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Amherst College, Centrum, Chevy Chase Inn, Chevy Chase Resort, Chimacum Elementary School, Interns, Joseph Wheeler, Marjorie Nelson, Marrowstone Music Festival, Mary Chase, Northwest Artists, Phillip Bailey, Point Hudson, Port Townsend, Victor Steinberg, Washington State Support for the Arts
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Interview with Ryan J. Thomson
From the interview with Ryan J. Thomson of Newmarket, NH conducted by Rae Tennyson at the Fort Worden History Center on July 6, 2002. Mr. Thomson described himself as “a full time folk musician” and here he tells how, in … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Bertram Levy, Centrum, Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Fiddle tunes, Fiddles, Folk Musicians, Frank Ferrell, Music Festivals, Port Townsend
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Interview With JonLee Joseph
From the interview with JonLee Joseph of New York, NY conducted by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center on January 25, 2008. Ms. Joseph taught English at the Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center from 1966 to 1968. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Juvenile Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Tagged Discovery Bay, Port Townsend, Residents (Juvenile Diagnostic and Treatment Center), Teachers, Teaching Methods
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