The
following illustrations are from the Allan
O'Guinn Collection,
Hoover Institute Archives at Stanford
University, Palo Alto, California. These copyrighted sketches, created
in 1945, were by contractor Gurdon H. Wattles. The following
information is
courtesy of author Bonnie Gilbert: "Gurdon H. Wattles was one of the
civilian contractors from Wake, a civil engineer hired as a draftsman
1st class for the Wake job (a trade that explains his nicely detailed
drawings). Born May 24, 1910 in California, died Jan. 22, 1985 in Orange Co., CA. He was living in Glendale, CA, when hired for Wake and arrived in August 1941. The Wake
survivors group has some of those drawings. I will attach his prewar
photo from the “Blue Book.” Hope this helps! I have a database of the
Wake civilians if you ever need additional info on any of them." |