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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: Ships
Interview with Eldon L. Gallear
From the interview with Eldon L. Gallear of Wasila, AK conducted by phone by Patience Rogge from the Fort Worden History Center on May 31, 2011. Mr. Gallear served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, attaining … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Angels, Galveston TX, Guardian Angels, Marine Engineers, Merchant Marine.World War II, Nurses, Rescues at Sea, Seamen, Ships, Submarine Attacks
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Interview With James E. Wells
From the interview with World War II veteran, James E. Wells of Quincy, WA conducted by John Croghan on July 1, 2004 by phone from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Wells was drafted in 1944 and assigned to the … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 365th Infantry Regiment-Co. G, Airplanes, Army, Battle of the Bulge, Belgium, Coast Artillery-14th, France, George S. Patton, Germany, Guns, Military Police, Prisoners of War, Red Cross, Seasickness, Ships, Target Practice, USS Wasp, World War II
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Interview with Ted Anstensen
From the interview with Ted Anstensen of Anacortes, WA conducted by Hazel Hatfield at the Fort Worden History Center on May 17, 2002. Mr. Anstensen served in the US Army 369th Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment at Fort Worden during the … Continue reading
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 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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Interview With Robert W. Klum
From the interview with Robert W. Klum of King City, OR conducted by phone by Patience Rogge on December 4, 2008 from the Fort Worden History Center. Mr. Klum served in the U.S. Army 369th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Boats, Canadians, colonels, Commanding Officers, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Officers, Q Boats, San Juan Islands, Ships
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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 Robert J. “Buzz” Bosone
From the interview with Robert J. “Buzz” Bosone of Eastsound, WA conducted by Shelly Randall at the Fort Worden History Center on July 11, 2002. Mr. Bosone served in the US Army Signal Corps in Rome, Italy as a high … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Army of Occupation, C2 Transport Ship, Lifeboats, Lifesaving, Rescues at Sea, Ships, Signal Corps, WACs, Womens Army Corps
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Interview With Edward E. Claplanhoo
From the interview with Edward E. Claplanhoo of Neah Bay, WA conducted by Richard Martinez at the Fort Worden History Center on May 10, 2002. Mr. Claplanhoo, an elder of the Makah Nation, died on March 14, 2010. He had … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, California, Canada, Engineer Amphibious Support Regiment (EASR)-369th, Greenland, Icebergs, Ships, Training (Military), Virginia
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Interview With Dick Berg
From the interview with Dick Berg of Olympia, WA conducted by Wendy Los at the Fort Worden History Center on June 21, 2005. Mr. Berg served in the U.S. Army Sixth Division at Fort Worden, Hudson Point, and Korea during … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Death, Divisions (6th Army), Hudson Point, Korean War, Ships
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