Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Fabrairun 1805, yana da shekara 12, Pulizzi ya shiga cikin Catania, Sicily, Italiya tare da mahaifinsa, Felice Pulizzi, kawunsa Francesco Pulizzi, ɗan ƙaramin ɗan'uwansa, Gaetano mai shekaru goma da wasu mawaƙa goma sha huɗu na Italiya, ta Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Amurka don kafa "Band of Music" ga Marine Corps. Shugaba Thomas Jefferson ne wanda a cikin 1803 ya ba da shawara ga Kwamandan Kwamandan Marine William Ward Burrows cewa 'yan wasan Italiya su shiga cikin Marine Corps kuma su kara da kungiyar Marine Band ta yanzu. Kwamandan Burrows ya aika da Kyaftin John Hall zuwa kudancin Italiya inda jiragen ruwa na Amurka suka kasance a lokacin yakin basasa.
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