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William R. Richardson (general)
General (United States), General William Rowland Richardson (March 25, 1929 – November 15, 2023) was a United States Army four-star general and former commander of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. Early life William Rowland Richardson was born in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China, on March 25, 1929, to missionary parents. Richardson graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1951 and was commissioned in the Infantry. His initial assignment was with the 24th Infantry Division (United States), 24th Infantry Division on occupation duty in Japan. Military career Richardson was deployed to Korea in 1953 with the 7th Infantry Division (United States), 7th Infantry Division. After the end of the Korean War, he subsequently served in various staff positions before taking command of the 3rd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment (United States), 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division (United States), 9th Infantry Division in 1966. He deployed with his battalion t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taizhou, Jiangsu
Tàizhōu is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu province in eastern China. Situated on the north bank of the Yangtze River, it borders Nantong to the east, Yancheng to the north and Yangzhou to the west. The 2020 Chinese census counted its population at 4,512,762 of whom 1,728,408 live in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of three urban districts ('' Hailing, Jiangyan and Gaogang''). Two county-level cities have more than 1 million inhabitants, Xinghua with 1,253,548 inhabitants and Taixing with 1,073,921 inhabitants, comprising two of the most important county-level cities in China. Hu Jintao, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, considers Taizhou his home town as did Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous Peking opera artists in modern Chinese history. Administration and population The prefecture-level city of Taizhou administers six county-level divisions, including two districts and four county-level cities. These are further divided into 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
