Terry was a member of the United States Ski Patrol, president of his ski club in Germany where he was stationed with the 82d Engineer Battalion in Bamberg. He skied at West Point, in Utah, Vermont, and Austria. He did rafting in rivers in Idaho and Wyoming. Terry held a rating of Divemaster in the Professional Association of Diving Instructors. He visited Hawaii and several countries in Europe. He took a motor trip across the United States in his sports car. He was a Medalist in Orienteering and an accomplished trout fisherman.

 

Terrance was born on 2 April 1956 in the small town of Tolland, Connecticut. He was one of seven children, the son of Chester and Patricia Jedrziewski. Terry had a great sense of humor and a genuine respect for the feelings of those around him.

 

In high school he excelled in soccer, track, band and literary pursuits. He was a member of the National Honor Society. For the yearbook he chose this passage; “tomorrow is not promised us ... so let us take today . .. and make the very most of it. . . the once we pass this way.”

 

After high school Terry entered West Point primarily through the encouragement of his math teacher, retired Colonel John Carusone, United States Military Academy, Class of 1938, and his uncle, Anthony Jedrziewski, who served as a major in the 82d Airborne Division in World War II.

 

After graduation from the Military Academy, Terry received engineering training at Fort Belvoir and ranger training at the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning before being assigned as a platoon leader in the 82d Engineer Battalion in Bamberg, Germany.

 

These quotes express the feelings of some people who knew Terry:

 

The Pastor at St. Matthews Church, Tolland, Connecticut: “As you remember Terry you will realize that people can leave behind great material monuments, but these will crumble in time. A person’s love, like God, is eternal because it lives on in the lives of all those affected by that love.”

 

Terry’s buddy, Jeff Manley, in Germany wrote in the March 1981 ASSEMBLY magazine: “Let us not overburden ourselves with the grief of his death, but be thankful we knew him in our lifetime and were touched by his ever present smile, quick wit and bubbling personality. Look down from Heaven with joy dear friend, because we love you like a brother and miss you dearly.”

 

His ski club in Bamberg, Germany, of which Terry was president: “We will always remember our ‘T.J.’ perched on the brink of some utterly impossible cliff, with the impish rosy-chceked grin yelling, ‘Follow me’ and somehow, in spite of our fears, we always did. He will be sorely missed. Whenever any of our gang is together you can be sure we will always ‘ski one for T.J.’ in our thoughts and prayers.”

 

His roommate in Germany, Lieutenant Richard Compton: “Terry didn’t have a hard time making friends; it seemed they just flocked to him. Every day I turned around and Terry was talking to someone I had never seen before...He was hard core when it came to soldier skills, yet a pushover when the troops brought their problems to him.”

 

His commanding officer in Germany: “As a member of this command, Terry distinguished himself as an outstanding officer who was willing and eager to accomplish any mission. He was totally devoted to the men in his platoon.”

 

His godparents: “The only way we can reconcile his death is in knowing he was taken away for some greater work for which he was needed. Knowing Terry I’m sure he’s engineering things in Heaven so it will be a better place when he greets us there.”

 

His father quotes from something he read a short while before Terry’s death:

 

“If all the world were mine to give,

I would give it, yes, and more,

To see the face of the one l loved,

Come smiling round the door.

 

“What would I give to clasp his hand,

His happy face to see,

To hear the voice, to see the smile,

That meant so much to me.”