Basilone ran through the enemy lines and brought back more ammunition and continued the attack. Such. said the Navy Department. "is in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States naval service." It is significant that. with one exception. Italy has sent a larger number of immigrants to this land than any other nation in the world. There are no official records of the influx of foreign populations into the United States prior to 1820. In 1830. after the first decade of census taking. only 450 Italians were registered as having immigrated to this country. but by 1850 there was a steady stream of arrivalsamong them artisans. political exiles. merchants. singers. musicians. and priests. Year by year the numbers increased. and during the 190110 period 2.045.877 settled in the America discovered by Columbus and named after their countryman. Americus Vespucius.
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