Zephyrhills Museum of Military
History
39444 South Avenue
Zephyrhills, FL 33542
Date: June 13, 2020
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pmAnnual D-Day Commemoration Event:
This FREE event is to commemorate the D-Day landings by U.S. troops on the
beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, which marked the beginning of the
end to Hitler’s “Fortress Europe” during World War II.
This year is the 76th anniversary of the D-Day invasions.
· Reenactors
will be on hand in their period uniforms wearing the equipment and weapons they carried by the
troops to illustrate what the soldiers, on both sides, both Allied & Axis,
would have looked like.
· Weapons
demonstration
· Vehicles
Allied and Axis
About the Book:
Reflections - The Story of Dorothy
Swanson - Wife of an 82nd Airborne Paratrooper
Reflections is the intimate memoir of
English born Dorothy Swanson, wife to paratrooper Norman, from the 82nd
Airborne Division, 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, and a mother of nine.
She shares the most exciting, emotional, amusing, embarrassing, horrifying, and
interesting moments from her life as a military wife, traveling from
country-to-country, base-to-base with her husband Norman, to studying to become an operating
room nurse, and to caring for one of the world's most beloved comatose
patients, Terri Schiavo.
“Dorothy gives us light and hope
having lived through the horrors of WWII as a child and a meandering life as a
military wife. Reflections is a gripping read; you will fall in love with
Dorothy’s courage, perseverance, and joy for living. A book to enlighten and
encourage us all.”
~ Sam Uhl – CheerfulWord.com ~
“With frankness
tempered by sensitivity, Cynthia A. Sandor renders the true story of a woman’s
untiring faithfulness in her intrinsic worthiness and her heroic striving
toward personal actualization.”
~ Linda Lee Greene -
Author “A Chance at the Moon” ~
“A beautiful read that touches one's senses to the core"
~ Jeanne Onuska-European Military Historical Society ~
“Dorothy Swanson and I have quite a lot in common. Although I did not
arrive in England until 1948, from a DP Camp, with other Estonian WWII
refugees, my experiences in post-war England were tumultuous. Like Dorothy, I
ran the gamut of being ‘filthy foreign goods' in an orphanage and a textile weaver
at fifteen until I got a scholarship to a London drama school and became an
actress and writer for the BBC. I am now an international author. Like Dorothy,
every step forward was a milestone achievement. I
recommend Dorothy’s book to everyone who understands that a hard climb uphill
is exhausting but the view from the top usually worth the struggle. Definitely
an inspiring book!”
~ Elin Toona Gottschalk, English, Estonian and
American Author - “Into Exile: A Life Story of War and Peace”; nominated Best
Memoir of 2013 by The Economist Magazine, and nine other book awards ~
"The voice of women in the realms of military literature has been
largely silent over the decades following the end of the Second World War in
1945. Through her remarkable life,
Dorothy endured privations most men would have found
unbearable.
Dorothy's memoir has been vividly yet skillfully brought to life by Cynthia
A. Sandor in what is a journey of happiness, pain, sadness, extreme hardship,
and pure determination often against seemingly impossible odds. Reflections
presents to its reader not only an important literary work from the perspective
of the struggles many women have had to face throughout the last century but
also a bare-knuckle brawl of female social history which makes for both
powerful and emotional reading.
~ Tim Heath Pen and Sword Books Ltd, Author/Military Historian. ~Hitler's
Girls-Doves Amongst Eagles ~
To purchase an autograph copy click here: Reflections - The Story of Dorothy Swanson
