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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: Shift Duty
Interview With Timothy Schmidt
From the interview with Timothy Schmidt of Easton, WA conducted by Patience Rogge on January 4, 2007 by phone from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Schmidt, who was born and grew up in Port Townsend, worked as a Park … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Park Aides, Park Rangers, Shift Duty, State Parks
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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 James Steltz
From the interview with James Steltz of Marysville, WA conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on February 19, 2008 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Steltz served in a military police detachment at Fort Worden from 1951 to 1953. … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Ferries, Fort Flagler, Housing, Police (Military), Shift Duty
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Interview With Penina Keen Spinka
From the interview with Penina Keen Spinka of Sun City, AZ conducted by Patience Rogge by telephone from the Fort Worden History Center on December 5, 2006. Ms. Spinka is the daughter of Jack Keen (1920-1990), who served in … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Guns, Shift Duty, Target Practice, 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 Ronald J. Novak
From the interview with Ronald J. Novak of Sequim, WA conducted by Wendy Los at the Fort Worden History Center on June 13, 2006. Mr. Novak served in the US Army from 1957 to 1960, during his eight months at … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Artillery Hill, Batteries, Generators, Guns, Radars, Seattle Air Defense Command, Shift Duty
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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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