Reminiscences of Pedro A. Del Valle [electronic resource] : oral history, 1966.

Biographical Note

Marine Corps officer.

Scope and Contents

Family background, Naval Academy, 1911-15; World War I: sea duty, surrender of German Fleet; Naval War College; Haiti, Nicaragua, training duty; Assistant Naval Attache, Rome, observer with Italian forces, Italo-Ethiopian War; duty in Office of Naval Intelligence, 1935-37; Army War College; Division of Plans and Policies, 1938-41; evolution of Fleet Marine Force and fleet landing exercises; World War II: Guadalcanal, Guam, Okinawa; Inspector General of Marine Corps and Director of Personnel, 1945-48.

Subjects

• Del Valle, Pedro A. (Pedro Augusto), 1893-1978--Interviews.
• Frank, Benis M., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936.
• Military education.
• Oral histories.
• United States. Marine Corps.
• United States. Navy.
• Veterans--Interviews.
• World War, 1914-1918.
• World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

Access Conditions

Interview is in the public domain.