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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: Whidbey Island
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 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 Alfred Simonette
From the interview with Alfred Simonette of Carmichael, CA conducted by phone from the Fort Worden History Center by Patience Rogge in 2009. Mr. Simonette served in the 360th US Army Band from 1947 through 1949. When McCormick General Hospital … Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged 360th US Army Band, Band Engagements, Clarinet Players, Crash Boats, Fort Worden Parade Ground, Living Conditions, M-Boats, McCormick General Hospital in Pasadena CA, NCO Club, Officers Club, Port Angeles WA, Service Club, Weather, Whidbey Island
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