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soldiers during World War I. There is even a rumor that Vintage, 1976, “Kilroy Loves Cookies”
American soldiers, in the 1940s, Joseph Stalin, at the cookie jar that is valued
drew the phrase, “Kilroy Was Here,” Potsdam Conference at $150.
and its accompanying artwork on in 1945, was surprised
nearly everything (the walls and to find “Kilroy Was military patches,
other places where they were Here” written on the VIP Bakelite pins, movie
stationed, encamped, or visited) bathroom wall, prompting posters, pottery, salt
they encountered in the European Stalin to ask his aides, and pepper shakers,
Theater of Operations. Kilroy’s “Who is Kilroy?” collectible scale
illustration shows a bald-headed man An ad in Life model jeeps and
(sometimes he has a few hairs) with magazine noted that military vehicles, and
a prominent nose peeking over a wall WWII-era servicemen the list goes on and on.
with his fingers clutching the wall. were fond of claiming that It is through these
WWII morale patch “Kilroy Was Here” Kilroy, his phrase, and his doodle “whatever beach-head they collectors that the phrase
that is valued at $165. have been part of America’s stormed, they always found notices and doodle has lived on and has
subconscious for nearly 80 years, chalked up ahead of them, that taken its place alongside Uncle Sam,
KILROY WAS HERE and, today, high school students still ‘Kilroy Was Here,’ which told them the bald eagle, apple pie, and other
Larry LeMasters doodle Kilroy on notebooks without other GIs were ahead of them.” symbols of America’s greatness.
knowing his origin or their reason for
The origin of “Kilroy Was Here”
LeMasters’ Antique News Service doodling him. may never be known. Some
One WWII legend states, German historians say James J. Kilroy, an
“Kilroy Was Here” is an intelligence found the phrase American shipyard inspector, coined
iconic type of American “Kilroy Was Here” scrawled on the phrase and doodle, using them
graffiti that was popular numerous captured American to denote which areas of ships he
during WW II. Although military vehicles and on the had inspected and passed. Some
its origin is highly walls of many occupied sources indicate Sgt. Francis J.
debated, “Kilroy Was towns. This led German Kilroy, Jr. of Everett, Massachusetts,
Here” appears to be the intelligence officers and originated the phrase. However,
American equivalent to Adolf Hitler to believe that Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and
the Australian “Foo Was Kilroy was the name or Fable suggests, “The phrase grew by
Here,” which originated codename of a high-level accident.”
among Australian American spy, and Hitler Today, collectors keep the phrase
vowed to find Kilroy and alive by searching for all things Wonderful, scale model depiction of
“Kilroy Was Here” salt & pepper American GI drawing “Kilroy Was Here” on
shakers, age unknown, valued at $50. destroy his spy ring. “Kilroy” — cookie jars, games, bombed-out wall, during WWII.
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