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9 de oct. de 2023 · Exploring the Enduring Legacy of “Kilroy Was Here”. By James R. Coffey. Last updated on October 9th, 2023 at 07:52 pm. In times of war, the movement of soldiers often leaves trails of death and destruction in its wake. But rarely, they happen to leave behind small acts of humor and mischief. “Kilroy Was Here” was one such mark.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable notes that it was particularly associated with the Air Transport Command, at least when observed in the United Kingdom. [5] At some point, the graffiti (Chad) and slogan (Kilroy was here) must have merged. [6] Many sources claim origin as early as 1939.
11 de mar. de 2019 · At this point, we should mention a 2007 "documentary," Fort Knox: Secrets Revealed, which aired in 2007 on the History Channel.The premise of the show is that Fort Knox was loaded with gold in 1937, but only made accessible to the public in the 1970s—so the producers at the History Channel could uncork part of the fort's innards and visit a time capsule of pre-war America.
3 de dic. de 2021 · Culture. The iconic phrase, “Kilroy was here”, usually accompanied by a cartoon drawing of a bald man with fingers peeking over the horizon, has become forever associated with American GIs in...
15 de sept. de 2008 · The origins of "Kilroy Was Here" remain murky and clouded by urban legend, but the most credible source of the saying comes from a shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, most historians agree.
20 de ene. de 2013 · Most sources and historians think that the origin of the tag was James J. Kilroy, a shipyard inspector. He was a riveter paid by the rivet. Workers marked their rivets with chalk, and Mr. Kilroy didn’t want anyone taking his credit so he marked his rivets with the statement “Kilroy was here”.
22 de may. de 2016 · Una obra objeto de culto que apareció en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, mucho antes de que existiera Internet, para reproducirse de tal forma que dejó intrigados, entre otros, al propio Hitler o...
