Onizuka Promoted to AF Colonel Posthumously
Associated Press
COSTA MESA —
President Reagan signed legislation Monday authorizing the posthumous promotion of Challenger shuttle astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka to full colonel in the Air Force. Onizuka was killed in the Challenger explosion Jan. 28.
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