Reminiscences of Pedro A. Del Valle 1966
- Name
- Del Valle, Pedro A. (Pedro Augusto), 1893-1978 (Interviewee)
- Frank, Benis M (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Pedro A. Del Valle 1966
- Abstract
- 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 W ar II: Guadalcanal, Guam, Okinawa; Inspector General of Marine Corps and Director of Personnel, 1945-48.
- Collection Name
- Marine Corps project
- Subjects
- Veterans; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; Military education; Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936; Del Valle, Pedro A. (Pedro Augusto), 1893-1978; United States. Navy; United States. Marine Corps
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1966
- Note (Biographical)
- Marine Corps officer.
- Note
- Interviewed by Benis M. Frank on November 15, November 17, November 29, and December 1, 1966.
- Note (Provenance)
- United States Marine Corps, History and Museums Division, Gift 1973
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13678714
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-2kzp-zm80
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.