Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - He paetahi o West Point nāna i tīmata tana mahi hōia i ngā tau 1930, i mahi a Richardson ki Uropi i ngā marama whakamutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I whakahaua e ia te 224th Infantry Regiment i te Pakanga o Korea, katahi ka mahi ia i te Pentagon, me te kaiawhina o te rangatira o te wehenga me te rangatira o te ope hoia me te United States Army Europe. I te hokinga ki te Pentagon hei kaiawhina mo te tumuaki o nga kaimahi mo nga kaimahi, i whakahau a Richardson i te 25th Infantry Division me te mahi hei kaiawhina rangatira-i-te-kaiwhakahaere me te tumuaki o nga kaimahi o te United States Army Pacific. I te tau 1962 ki te tau 1963 i whakahaua e ia he roopu mahi tahi i tukuna ki Thailand hei whakautu ki te Pakanga o Laos
, ka mahi hei Kaiwhakahaere Tuarua mo nga Kaimahi. I mutu a Richardson i tana mahi i te mutunga o nga tau 1960 hei rangatira rangatira mo te Ono o nga ope taua o te United States.