Early Life and World War One
Born in Liberty Hill South Carolina, Richards attended in-state county schools and Clemson College, in Clemson. During the First World War, Richards served overseas as a private, corporal, sergeant, and second lieutenant in the Trench Mortar Battery, Headquarters Company, One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment, Thirtieth Division from 1917 to 1919.
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