Joe Bosney

Fireman Second Class

He "entered the Navy in April 1944 not too long out of high school and the Aaron Ward was his only ship.  His cruising station underway was the No.2 engine room, which took a savage beating from kamikazes. At the time of the attack, Joe was forward in the No.1 magazine, which fed 5" shells to Mount 1...

He was born in Flint (Michigan), married in 1949 in Belding and after the war served many years as a stationary engineer for General Motors . . ."  -- Lloyd Boles