MICHAEL J. SMITH 1945-1986
Astronaut, Navy aviator. Pilot of ill-fated space shuttle Challenger, lost Jan. 28, 1986. Recipient, Space Medal of Honor. Lived ½ mile south.
C-87Carteret County
Where it stands. NC 101 at Airport Road, by Michael J. Smith Field in Beaufort
They carved your name into a stone and then they put it in the ground. I run my fingers through the grooves when no one's around, Drink till I'm sick and I talk to myself in the dog days of the summer. Then I feel you coming but I don't know how...