Astronaut Onizuka Interred in Hawaii
Associated Press
HONOLULU —
Ellison S. Onizuka was buried in a Buddhist ceremony Monday, the last of Challenger’s seven crew members to be laid to rest.
After an honor guard fired a 21-gun salute and a buglar played “Taps,” Air Force jets flew over the cemetery in a “missing man” formation for the Air Force lieutenant colonel. About 700 mourners attended the service in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
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