Richard was born on June 17th 1931 in Milwaukee, WI. He spent one semester at college studying engineering before enlisting the Army so that he could use the GI bill to pay for school. After eight weeks of initial training, he volunteered to go to Fort Benning for jump school. When his training was finished he was reassigned to an army base in Kentucky. He was never chosen to serve overseas and says he doesn’t remember much of his service. Instead he shares the story of how he got married. He served at total of two years before returning home.
