<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Njengoba ayethweswe iziqu eWest Point futhi aqala inkonzo yakhe yezempi ngawo-1930, uRichardson wakhonza eYurophu phakathi nezinyanga zokugcina zeMpi Yezwe II. Wayala i-224th Infantry Regiment ngesikhathi seMpi YaseKorea, wabe esekhonza ePentagon, futhi waba ngumsizi womkhuzi womkhuzi kanye nomphathi wezikhulu ze-United States Army Europe. Ebuyela ePentagon njengomphathi wesigungu esiphezulu sezisebenzi, uRichardson wayala i-25th Infantry Division futhi wakhonza njengomphathi wesigungu esiphezulu kanye nomphathi wezikhulu zase-United States Army Pacific. Ngo-1962 kuya ku-1963 wayephethe ithimba elihlanganyelwe elathunyelwa eThailand ukuphendula  <response>: I-Laos Crisis, wabe eseba yiphini likamongameli wezisebenzi. URichardson waqeda umsebenzi wakhe ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1960 njengomphathi jikelele we-Sixth United States Army. 