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William Mershon Terry II was born on 29 December 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of Paul Herbst and Elinor Weston Terry. Raised in New Castle and Wilmington, Delaware, he earned a B.A. from the University of Delaware in 1942.

Terry enlisted as a private in the Army Air Forces in 1942, attended technical schools at Chanute Field, Illinois, and was commissioned a second lieutenant after Tank Destroyer OCS at Camp Hood, Texas. In 1944 he transferred to military intelligence, took a photo-intelligence course at Camp Ritchie (Class 20), and instructed in terrain intelligence, tactics, and intelligence technique there in 1944–1945. Later in 1945 he joined the G-2 section of General Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Pacific, in the Philippines and Tokyo.

Terry enlisted as a private in the Army Air Forces in 1942, attended technical schools at Chanute Field, Illinois, and was commissioned a second lieutenant after Tank Destroyer OCS at Camp Hood, Texas. In 1944 he transferred to military intelligence, took a photo-intelligence course at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 20|Class 20]]), and instructed in terrain intelligence, tactics, and intelligence technique there in 1944–1945. Later in 1945 he joined the G-2 section of General Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Pacific, in the Philippines and Tokyo.

Discharged as a captain in 1947, Terry stayed in Japan with SCAP’s Natural Resources Section on postwar Japanese whaling and fisheries work, then built a long civilian career culminating as director of international affairs for NOAA. He died in 1973.

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 William Mershon Terry II was born on 29 December 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of Paul Herbst and Elinor Weston Terry. Raised in New Castle and Wilmington, Delaware, he earned a B.A. from the University of Delaware in 1942.
-Terry enlisted as a private in the Army Air Forces in 1942, attended technical schools at Chanute Field, Illinois, and was commissioned a second lieutenant after Tank Destroyer OCS at Camp Hood, Texas. In 1944 he transferred to military intelligence, took a photo-intelligence course at Camp Ritchie (Class 20), and instructed in terrain intelligence, tactics, and intelligence technique there in 1944–1945. Later in 1945 he joined the G-2 section of General Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Pacific, in the Philippines and Tokyo.
+Terry enlisted as a private in the Army Air Forces in 1942, attended technical schools at Chanute Field, Illinois, and was commissioned a second lieutenant after Tank Destroyer OCS at Camp Hood, Texas. In 1944 he transferred to military intelligence, took a photo-intelligence course at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 20|Class 20]]), and instructed in terrain intelligence, tactics, and intelligence technique there in 1944–1945. Later in 1945 he joined the G-2 section of General Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Pacific, in the Philippines and Tokyo.
 Discharged as a captain in 1947, Terry stayed in Japan with SCAP’s Natural Resources Section on postwar Japanese whaling and fisheries work, then built a long civilian career culminating as director of international affairs for NOAA. He died in 1973.