Editing Pedro del Valle (section)

===Postwar===
After World War II ended, del Valle was ordered back to [[Headquarters Marine Corps]], where he was named [[Inspector General]], a position which he held until he retired on January 1, 1948. 

On February 19, 1946, [[List of United States Senators from New Mexico|New Mexico Senator]] [[Dennis Chavez]] and del Valle held a meeting with [[President of the United States|President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] in the White House, in which Chavez recommended del Valle for the position of [[governor of Puerto Rico]].<ref name="HST">{{cite web |year=2001 |title=The President's Day: Tuesday, February 19 1946 |url=http://www.trumanlibrary.org/calendar/main.php?currYear=1946&currMonth=2&currDay=19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020225080621/https://www.trumanlibrary.org/calendar/main.php?currYear=1946&currMonth=2&currDay=19 |archive-date=2002-02-25 |access-date=2007-10-17 |work=Truman Presidential Museum & Library}}</ref> Local Puerto Rican politicians, such as [[Luis Muñoz Marín]], opposed the naming of del Valle in favor of [[Jesús T. Piñero]]; to which del Valle eventually asked President Truman to withdraw his name among those considered for the position.<ref name="PineroLOC">{{cite web |date=January 12, 1997 |title=Jesus T. Piñero |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc225-2-6-1.pdf |access-date=2007-10-17 |work=Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995 |publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref>