Interview with Jake Guest '66
I would like to first and foremost extend a thank you to Jake Guest for inviting me to his home for an interview. This project would not have been possible if not for the several hours that he spent speaking with me, both on the phone and in person.
My interview with Jake Guest was split into three sections: his life before, during, and after the Vietnam War. In the first section, Guest discusses his life growing up in Hanover, where he attended Hanover High School and then Dartmouth College. Encouraged by Dean Thaddeus Seymour to take a few years off from his studies, Guest joined the Army and was deployed in Germany. Guest reflects on his growing disillusionment with the military and eventual discharge, which propelled him to travel Europe and the Middle East. Guest then discusses his return to Dartmouth and his involvement in anti-war activism. Finally, Guest details his experience with the Wooden Shoe Commune and his contributions to the Upper Valley community through organic farming.