HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 68

(By Delegates Rowe, Estep-Burton, Robinson and Caputo)

(Introduced February 7, 2020)

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 20-83-8.49 (20A266), locally known as Standard Bridge, carrying County Route 83 Spur over Paint Creek in Kanawha County, the “Kidd Brothers Veterans Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Charles Edward Kidd was born on March 26, 1918, and served in the U.S. Army in World War II; and

Whereas, Having arrived at Pearl Harbor on December 6, 1941, Charles Edward Kidd was awakened the following morning, December 7, 1941, by the infamous Japanese air attack; and

Whereas, Howard Clifford Kidd was born on April 25, 1920, and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II; and

Whereas, Frank James Kidd was born on January 20, 1922, and served in the U.S. Army in World War II; and

Whereas, Frank James Kidd was a medic on the beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944; and

Whereas, Fred Alfred Kidd was born on February 11, 1924, and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II; and

Whereas, Mark Edgar Kidd was born on November 7, 1925, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II; and

Whereas, Mark Kidd was in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa invasions, and during the latter invasion he saw the bomb drop on Hiroshima, saying, “It gave us a pretty good jar”; and

Whereas, While on Iwo Jima, Mark Kidd also witnessed another momentous event, the raising of the flag, which Joe Rosenthal memorialized in his iconic photograph; and

Whereas, Narry Wesley Kidd Jr. was born on October 31, 1934, and served in the U.S. Navy in the Korean War; and

Whereas, The six Kidd brothers were the sons of Wesley and Annie Kidd, who also had seven daughters; and

Whereas, Narry Wesley Kidd Jr. remembers that when his five brothers served during World War II, his mother placed a miniature flag and a star on the front window of their home in Standard for each of them while they were in the service; and

Whereas, The five Kidd brothers were among the 54 men from Standard who served their country during World War II, and were among the 52 who returned home; and

Whereas, Of the six brothers, only Narry Wesley Kidd, Jr, is still living; and

Whereas, The Kidd family remembers that the brothers never discussed among themselves their service in the armed forces; and

Whereas, It is appropriate to name this bridge to honor the six Kidd brothers’ service to their state and; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 20-83-8.49 (20A266), locally known as Standard Bridge, carrying County Route 83 Spur over Paint Creek in Kanawha County, the “Kidd Brothers Veterans Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “Kidd Brothers Veterans Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.