John O. Skinner

John Oscar Skinner (May 4, 1845 – September 12, 1932) was an American physician who received the Medal of Honor for actions while a civilian contract surgeon serving with the U.S. Army on January 17, 1873, at Lava Beds, Oregon.

He was one of four officers who accompanied General George Crook on his reconnaissance of the Navajo and Apache country in the southwest United States.

He was the custodian of the legendary Apache Chief Geronimo during his imprisonment at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, from 1887 to 1893.

He was promoted to surgeon with the rank of major on March 9, 1892, and retired from the Army on October 26, 1893, shortly after Geronimo's departure from Fort Marion.

In October 1918, late in World War I, he returned to active duty with the United States Army Medical Corps as a surgeon with the rank of lieutenant colonel and was placed in charge of the United States Army Dispensary in Washington.