International Brigader John Tisa

John Tisa was born in Philadelphia, 1914 and was an Italian American of mixed Cuban and Italian descent.

Tisa sailed on January 5, 1937 aboard the Champlain and arrived in Spain on January 13. There Tisa served as an ambulance driver with the XV Brigade, Lincoln Bn, Co. 2. 

He was selected for the Historical Commission and helped publish the Book of the XVth Brigade; Tisa returned to the US on April 15, 1939 aboard the George Washington and joined the US Armed forces during WWII.

John Tisa died December 12, 1991.