Established in 1909, East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, strives to provide a learning environment in which students, faculty, staff, and community interact to educate students for life in a rapidly changing and culturally diverse society. It is a member of the Oklahoma System of Higher Education.
Douglas C-47 in flight Here we see a Douglas C-47 Dakota in flight. If the slightly blurred serial number is 41-18608 then this aircraft went to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down in October 1942, but was soon passed back to the USAAF, and joined the 43rd Troop Carrier Squadron of the 315th Troop Carrier Group in Oran in January 1943, then the 8th Air Force in the UK in May 1943.
During the era of Medieval England, Oxford University witnessed the establishment of four specific colleges and also monastic colleges. The four colleges were Balliol, University, Merton and Exeter. Balliol can claim to be Oxford University's oldest college as it may have been founded as early as 1261 - records certainly show that students existed at Balliol before June 1266.
Dwight Eisenhower was the Allies Supreme Commander in the lead up to D-Day and in the actual landings in Normandy. He commanded the Allied forces in the last great counter-attack by the Germans in World War Two - the Battle of the Bulge. Eisenhower was one of the most important generals of World War Two and one who went on to greater success as president of America from 1953 to 1961.
