MAJ Larry Richardson

Army | Special Forces Officer

Dates of Service: Jun 1962 - Sep 1982

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(13 years, 1 month)

May 1977 - Jun 1981

Germany

Commanded a battalion plus unit (675 soldiers), controlled the 2nd pair of launch codes for ICBMs in Western Europe, and was the Principle Engineer assigned to Engineer Division-Europe for Master Planning for all Western Europe Army installations.

Feb 1974 - May 1977

Ft. Gulick, Panama Canal Zone

Radio Engineer and Battalion Commo Officer. First as a Radio Engineer for Propaganda Broadcast in the SAF's 9th Psyops Bn, then SAF and 3/7th SFG(A) C-E Officer.

Apr 1972 - Sep 1972

Vietnam War

Forward Support Platoon Leader providing secure communications support to MAC-V's First Regional Assistance Command Team 3 and CIA during the Quang Tri CounterOffensive. Base camp was Hue with outposts at LZ Sally, Houng Dien, Firebase T-Bone, and Phu Bai. Called in ArcLight missions for MAC-V and provided support for POW Rescue mission.

Jun 1971 - Apr 1972

Ft. Clayton, Panama Canal Zone

Radio Engineer and OIC, CINCSO TCC. Engineered RF links and commanded a 4-star general's nuclear attack-survivable integrated command center, SCIF, and two emergency location centers. Controlled the Alternate National Military Command Center (NMCC) for countering a Soviet nuclear attack on the United States as a 2LT.

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