For their actions during the incident, Bonney and another sailor, Watertender Edward Alvin Clary, were awarded the Medal of Honor.
Hopkins, Bonney displayed extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession on the occasion of the accident to one of the boilers of that vessel, 14 February 1910.
[2]Bonney's later career included service in Nicaragua in 1912, the Mexican intervention in 1914 and World War I.
[3] Bonney returned to active duty during World War II and was promoted to lieutenant.
In 1958, at Eisenhower's request, he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.