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ABOUT JIM

James L. Manniso is a Navy Veteran who served as a radar man on a destroyer escort in the early 1950’s. Then, in the mid-1950’s, Jim was a Philadelphia Firefighter. Now, an electrical engineer turned poet, Jim writes poems from his heart, soul, and mind.

Jim states:“Wars were fought by American men and women of various religious, ethnic, and racial heritages. These representatives of America’s Armed Forces served, as did other veterans before them, with pride.

These commemorative paintings and poems are a tribute to those who answered their country’s call to service in war time.