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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: Weddings
Interview with Eleanor B. Anderson
From the interview with Eleanor B. Anderson of Bainbridge Island, WA conducted by Oran DeBois at the Fort Worden History Center on September 9, 2002. Mrs. Anderson came to Port Townsend as a caseworker for the Jefferson County Welfare Department … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Alistair R. Anderson, American Red Cross, Army Officers Wives, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Bachelor Officers Quarters at Fort Worden, Chapel at Fort Worden, Chaplains, Fran McMahon, General James H. Cunningham, Internment of Japanese-Americans, Jefferson County WA Welfare Department, Reviewing Troops, Social Life, Social Workers, Weddings
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Interview with Anne Unbedacht
From the interview with Anne Unbedacht of Port Townsend conducted by Patience Rogge at the Fort Worden History Center on August 21, 2008. Here she describes her former job in catering for the defunct Community Enterprises at Fort Worden, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Washington State Parks
Tagged Battery Tolles, Community Enterptises, Kitchen Shelter at Fort Worden, Parents, Wedding Planning, Weddings
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Interview With Rosalie Kline
From the interview with Mrs. Rosalie Kline of Grants Pass, OR conducted by phone by Patience Rogge from the Fort Worden History Center on January 22, 2008. Mrs. Kline was the daughter of Captain Miles A. Putnam, who was stationed … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Blackouts, Chapel, Dutch Harbor, Evacuation Preparation, Fort Flagler, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Submarines, Weather Bureau, Weddings, Women's Motor Corps, World War II
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Interview With Clinton M. Hanks
From the interview with Clinton M. Hanks of St. Pete Beach, FL conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center on December 16, 2003 by Rick Martinez. Colonel Hanks served in the US Army from 1943 to 1976, he … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged Army, Chapel, Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (EBSR), Engineer Special Brigade, Fires, Korean War, Vietnam War, Weddings, World War II
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