LT. COLONEL ELLISON S. "EL" ONIZUKA - AUTOGRAPHED 1978 PHOTOGRAPH JSCL-185

Ok is pre owned and is in fine condition. the tem does have minor water damage and no rips or tears in the picture. the item is signed and the characteristics are as follows:
ELLISON S. ONIZUKA
Color NASA publicity photograph of Ellison Onizuka who was killed on his second space shuttle flight.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "to george price with best regards thanks for your great help at the WIF, instruction and friendship- signed el onisuka". Color, 8x10 overall, image 7½x9½ (one surface). Name imprinted at lower margin. First NASA photograph, issued in 1978, printed caption on verso that states he was one of the group of 35 astronaut candidates selected by nasa in january 1978 and when he was born.
Facts : Ellison Onizuka was selected by NASA to be an astronaut on January 16, 1978. His first flight was aboard Discovery's secret military mission in January 1985. The Hawaiian-born Air Force Captain perished with his six colleagues on the ill-fated Challenger 51-L space shuttle tha