Wilds P. Richardson
Military Person
1861 – 1929
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Who was Wilds P. Richardson?
Wilds Preston Richardson was an officer of the United States Army notable for being an explorer and geographer of Alaska in the early decades of the 20th century. During World War I he was promoted to the rank brigadier general and, because of his cold weather experience, sent to lead the Polar Bear Expedition, part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Richardson retired after the war and died in Washington, D.C. in 1929.
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- Born
- Mar 20, 1861
Texas - Also known as
- Wilds Richardson
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Died
- 1929
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
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on July 23, 2013
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