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Luis R. Esteves
Major General Luis Raul Esteves (April 30, 1893 – March 12, 1958) was the first Puerto Rican and the first Hispanic to graduate from the United States Military Academy (West Point), and the founder of the Puerto Rico National Guard.
==Early years==
Esteves (birth name: Luis Raul Esteves y Völckers ) was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on April 30, 1893.〔()〕 His father and mother were also natives of Aguadilla. His father, Francisco Esteves Soriano had served in the Spanish Army and his mother, Enedina Völckers Van der Dijs, of German〔(La Precencia Germanica en Puerto Rico, by Haydee Reichard de cancio PHd )〕 and Dutch descent, was a housewife. Esteves received his primary education in Aguadilla and went to high school in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, the Esteves Völckers family welcomed the Americans as an alternative to Spanish rule of the island. Esteves's father wanted his son to continue the family military tradition and encouraged him to consider a military career. However, his mother had other plans. She wanted her son to become an engineer and to study in the United States. The family's financial situation did not permit her to realize her dream.〔
Esteves saw a news advertisement announcing examinations for the entry into the West Point Academy and applied without his parents' knowledge. He passed the exam, was accepted to and eventually graduated from West Point, thus becoming the first Puerto Rican to do so.〔( HISPANIC-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE ), retrieved November 6, 2007. ''"Brigadier General Luis R. Esteves was the first Puerto Rican graduate of West Point and founder of the Puerto Rican National Guard."''〕
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