Career
Guest served as a naval aviator during World World War World War II While attached to United States Ship Yorktown he saw action at Tulagi Harbor on May 4, 1942 and in the Battle of the Coral Sea a few days later. After the war Guest was captain of United States Ship Salisbury Sound 1957-1958. Guest was promoted to Rear Admiral and in 1964 he commanded ComCarDiv 9 (Commander Carrier Division 9).
His flag was aboard the United States.S. Constellation (CVA-64) and his Task Force saw action in Vietnam and was involved in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in August 1964.
In 1966 Guest was commander of Task Force 65 of the United States Sixth Fleet when a United States. Air Force B-52 bomber collided with a tanker and crashed near Palomares, Spain. lieutenant was carrying four thermonuclear weapons, one of which fell into the Mediterranean Sea.
Guest deployed and commanded an 18-vessel United States Navy task force, helped by civilian-operated submersibles Aluminaut and Alvin which eventually found the bomb, which was recovered intact.