Kammala wannan jumla: Wani digiri na West Point wanda ya fara aikin soja a cikin shekarun 1930, Richardson ya yi aiki a Turai a cikin watanni na ƙarshe na yakin duniya na biyu. Ya umurci Rundunar Sojoji ta 224 a lokacin yakin Koriya, sa'an nan kuma ya yi aiki a Pentagon, kuma a matsayin mataimakin kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan. Da yake komawa Pentagon a matsayin mataimakin mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata na ma'aikata, Richardson ya umurci rundunar soji na 25 kuma ya zama mataimakin kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwamandan kwam A cikin 1962 zuwa 1963 ya umurci rundunar hadin gwiwar da aka tura zuwa Thailand don amsawa ga
Rikicin Laos, sannan ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata na ma'aikata. Richardson ya ƙare aikinsa a ƙarshen shekarun 1960 a matsayin kwamandan janar na Sojojin Amurka na shida.