Pictures and captions Dean Elichko^J One of Cranford’s 86 correc

(above) A Fairchild C-123 Provider, in flight. This transport plane was smaller than most aircraft of its nature, only 75 feet long. With twin turbo jet engines, it could take off from very short, unprepared runways and was widely used in the Vietnam War. The plane that was transporting Dean’s unit was 10 years old.