Historical Society: A Trojan's War

"A Trojan's War" is the heartwarming story of Nan Emery and Jim Mac Arevey as they came of age in Troy, NY and experienced the tumult of World War II.  Nan lost her mother at a young age. Jim dropped out of high school. Their friendship in Troy ended when Nan went off to State Teachers College in Albany and Jim joined the Army. Nan taught at Troy, Schroon Lake, Hyde Park and East Greenbush. Jim graduated from Officer Candidate School (OCS) and received commission. Lieutenant MacArevey was part of Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. He was captured near Kasserine in Tunisia and kept a Prisoner of War at OFLAG 64, a POW camp in northern Poland. Jim escaped and survived a difficult journey through Russia and the Ukraine. Learn how they finally re-connected in the feel-good ending of "A Trojan's War."

Author: Bob MacArevey is a 1972 graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point. He is an Army Ranger and Paratrooper and attended the Infantry Officer's Basic and Advanced Courses at Fort Benning, Georgia. He participated in Reforger exercises to Germany with the First Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kansas. He was a Company Commander for the Training Brigade at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Following the military service he worked in Information Technology positions for 37 years.

This program is sponsored by the Historical Society of East Greenbush.