Epirus. Thrace. and Macedonia. was riveted in the minds of Greeks from childhood. This was the great motivation which saw 50.000 Greek immigrants in America. in a remarkable but littleknown chapter of history. return to Greece in 191213 to fight in the Balkan wars. This hardy band paid their own passage across the Atlantic. clothed themselves. fought without financial reward. and saw large numbers of their comrades killed. They helped return northern Greece to Greek hands. Of the 50.000. many returned to the United States. raised families. and became solid citizens of America. Now in their seventies and eighties. these men do not see their numbers replenished from abroad. Only a trickle of Greek immigrants come to American soil. for the Greek quota is a tiny 308 a year. The Greek fighting spirit overcame heavy odds against Mussolinis army in 1940. throwing it back into Albania. And this same spirit delayed. perhaps fatally. the German timetable in Russia in 1941. by inflicting unexpected damage on the German invaders in Greece.
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