World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John E. Gerskin
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Saginaw, Michigan
Honored By
Ms. Harriet M. Gerskin
Relationship
Wife
Electrician's Mate 1st Class on USS Otter DE-210. May 8, 1945 he and 10 sailors in high seas, North Atlantic boarded German Submarine U210 which surrendered and took it into Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Written up in New Yorker Magazine, June 1945.