Editing Pedro del Valle (section)

==Early years==
Del Valle was born on August 28, 1893, in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], Puerto Rico, when the island was still under [[Captaincy General of Puerto Rico|Spanish colonial rule]]. His father was Dr. Pedro del Valle, who served as inspector general for the colonial government during the [[Spanish–American War]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rivero Méndez |first=Angel |url=https://name.umdl.umich.edu/abz5671.0001.001 |title=Crónica de la Guerra Hispano-Americana en Puerto Rico |publisher=Sucesores de Rivadeneyra |year=1922 |location=Madrid |pages=110, 541 |via=University of Michigan Library Digital Collections}}</ref> In 1900, two years after the war, the del Valle family moved to [[Maryland]]. His uncle, Dr. Francisco del Valle, a surgeon, stayed in Puerto Rico and served as [[List of mayors of San Juan, Puerto Rico|Mayor of San Juan]] from 1907 to 1910. The del Valle family became U.S. citizens as a result of the [[Jones–Shafroth Act]] of 1917 which gave a United States Citizenship with limited rights to all the Puerto Ricans born on the island.<ref name="USMCbio">{{cite web |title=Lieutenant General Pedro A. Del Valle, USMC |url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/delValle_PA.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516214408/http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/delValle_PA.htm |archive-date=2011-05-16 |access-date=2007-10-17 |work=Who's Who in Marine Corps History |publisher=United States Marine Corps}}</ref> He received his primary and secondary education in Maryland.

On June 17, 1911, after he graduated from high school, del Valle received an appointment by [[George Radcliffe Colton]], who served from 1909 to 1913 as the U.S. appointed governor of Puerto Rico, to attend the [[United States Naval Academy|U.S. Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]]. He graduated from the academy in June 1915 and was commissioned a [[Second Lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]] of the Marine Corps on June 5, 1915.<ref name=USMCbio/><ref>{{cite book|access-date=2007-10-17
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