About 40 men stepped forward with stories stating that they were the Kilroy on which the legend was based. However, James Kilroy had the most compelling story; he was awarded the trolley car. By this time, he and his family lived in Halifax, Massachusetts, and the trolley car was reported to have been placed in his yard and enjoyed by his nine children.
When Kilroy died in , his fame was such that his passing was noted in an obituary in The New York Times. Hi, I think your website might be having browser compatibility issues. When I look at your website in Firefox, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up! Other then that, terrific blog! Thank you… you are right I am having some issues. I will definitely digg it aand inn my view suggest to my friends.
Pingback: Honor the Brave. Your blog is wonderful. Thank you for your work and the great story. Now I know I was not wasting chalk on a trivial person. Thank you for your lovely comment, and how lucky your great-grandkids are that you are creating such a document. And yes, Kilroy is very worthy of chalk and stories! In gambling slang, Chalk means the betting favorite. Project maintenance. Register Don't have an account?
Kilroy was here. Edit source History Talk 0. Main article: Foo was here. For the fictional name, see Joe Shmoe. A drawing of Kilroy. Note that he is thinking "Kirby". Open Writing. Retrieved The Straight Dope. World Wide Words. Retrieved 13 June The s. Greenwood Publishing Group. Historical dictionary of the U.
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Perception and imaging. Focal Press. Ludington Daily News. The Guardian. RAF Related Legends. I saw this all over Germany as an Army dependent in Does it originate in WWII? One of his most daring appearances may have been at the Potsdam Conference in One day, Stalin reportedly used the facilities, and came out demanding to know from one of his aides who Kilroy was, having found the drawing on one of the walls.
A similar doodle, known as Mr. Chad, was scrawled throughout Britain as a comment on shortages and rations during the war.
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