THE 2000 USS DARTER, DACE AND MENHADEN REUNION
 
AT THE U.S. SUBMARINE VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II CONVENTION
 
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, AUGUST 28TH TO SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2000
 
Convention Patch Honoring the 100th Anniversary of the United States Submarine Service
 
(Image Courtesy of Bob Frier, TM3(SS), Menhaden, 1959-61)
 
Richard Willard, USS Dace (SS-247), 1943-44, ready to go to the U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II Convention in Phoenix.
 
Richard and Joanne Willard, and Mary and Malone Jones.
 
Left to Right: Richard Willard (Dace), Malone Jones (Dace), Jim Lemons (Darter), Mary Lemons, Joanne Willard and Mary Jones.
 
Jim Lemons (Darter), Bob Frier (Menhaden), Malone Jones (Dace) and Richard Willard (Dace).
 
This was the first time that Malone Jones and Richard Willard, who were on the Commissioning Crew of the USS Dace (SS-247) in July of 1943, had seen each other since World War II.
 
(Images Courtesy of Scott Willard, son of Richard Willard, MoMM3(SS), USS Dace (SS-247), 1943-44)
 
Another photo of Malone Jones (Dace), Richard Willard (Dace) and Bob Frier (Menhaden).
 
(Image Courtesy of Bob Frier, TM3(SS), Menhaden, 1959-61)