More detail on this person: In 1968 and 1969,
Richards was my CO with 25th Divarty Aviation at
Cu Chi. When his tour (his second as I recall was
over) he returned stateside and was promoted to
LTC. I was his Flight Operations Coordinator,
clerk and any other thing he needed.
I remember shortly before he rotated back to the
states they awarded him a Bronze Star "V" for
action from his first tour. I was told that during
his first tour they had no openings in an aviation
unit (he flew fixed wing at the time) and spent
half his tour commanding a company of infantry on
the ground.
From: James C. McHargue, former SP-5 Flight
Operations Coordinator, 25th DivArty Avn
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