Roland Fremont ("Monty") Pryce (1906-1984) was a United States naval officer who served as a Naval Adviser to the Secretary of State at the Paris Peace Conference and

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after

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. Pryce was born on July 10, 1906, in

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, and graduated from the

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in the Class of 1927. Pryce served as Commanding Officer of the submarines USS ''S-38'' (1938–40); USS ''Spearfish'' (1941-42); and USS ''Shad'' (1943). In 1944, he was involved in the preparation and execution of the

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as Operations Officer, 12th Fleet. After World War II, Pryce served as Deputy Naval Adviser to Secretary of State for the Paris Peace Conference and Naval Adviser for the Nov.-Dec. 1946

. He was the representative of the United States on the

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, 1947-1949. Pryce later served as C.O. of the USS ''Adirondack,'' as Commander of the Service Force,

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, and as Asst Chief of Staff for Arctic Operations in the construction of the

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Line. He retired from the Navy in 1957. He was a recipient of the

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;

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(Britain); the

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(France) and the Royal Order of the Phoenix (Greece). He was the father of Ambassador

William Thornton Pryce William Thornton Pryce (1932–2006) was a United States diplomat and Ambassador to Honduras. Pryce was born in San Diego, California on 19 July 1932. His father, Roland Fremont Pryce, was a career naval officer. He graduated from Ebensburg High ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pryce, Roland Fremont United States Navy officers 1906 births 1984 deaths Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)