Highway I-390 Near Rochester, NY Dedicated to 87th Infantry Division
by Mitch Kaidy | 23 Jul 2003
Under bright blue skies, two huge and colorful 16-feet long signs dedicated to the 87th Infantry Division as well as Gen. George S. Patton were unveiled along Interstate 390 just south of Rochester, N.Y. on July 17.
New York State Department of Transportation officials estimated that 1,500 motorists are now passing the signs hourly.
As television cameras ground away, the tarpaulin covers were dramatically slipped away from the large signs of approximately [more...]
Mitch Kaidy
D Company, 345th Infantry Regiment
An ASTP cadet in 1943-44, Mitchell Kaidy joined the 87th Division in March, 1944, serving until its demobilization. After the war he received a journalism education and has worked for three daily newspapers, a television station and public radio in Upstate New York. In 1963 he contributed articles to a Pulitzer Prize-winning series, and in 1993 he won a Project Censored award for free-lance investigative journalism. He was an active member of the association and served as division historian. Mitch passed away on 10 January 2013 at the age of 87.
