“Kilroy was here” is a meme that became popular during WWII, typically seen in graffiti. Its origin is debated, but the phrase and the distinctive accompanying doodle became associated with GIs in the 1940s: a bald-headed man (sometimes depicted as having a few hairs) with a prominent nose peeking over a wall with his fingers clutching the wall.
The phrase may have originated through United States servicemen who would draw the picture and the text "Kilroy was here" on the walls, jeeps, trucks, tanks and other places where they were stationed, encamped, or visited. An ad in LIFE magazine noted that WWII-era servicemen were fond of claiming that "whatever beachhead they stormed, they always found notices chalked up ahead of them, that 'Kilroy was here'".
Many sources claim origin as early as 1939.
According to one story, German intelligence found the phrase on captured American equipment. This led Adolf Hitler to believe that Kilroy could be the name or codename of a high-level Allied spy. Another story, at the time of the Potsdam Conference in 1945, it was rumored that Stalin found "Kilroy was here" written in the VIP bathroom, prompting him to ask his aides who Kilroy was. Or when war photographer Robert Capa noted the use of the phrase at Bastone during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944: "On the black, charred walls of an abandoned barn, scrawled in white chalk, was the legend of Gen. Anthony McAuliffe’s soldiers: KILROY WAS STUCK HERE."
To read more about Kilroy, visit his Wikipedia page here: Kilroy was here - Wikipedia
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You are looking for an Ammo can with KILROY drawn on the side of it. To keep Kilroy's legend alive and well, I am encouraging ALL Cachers to send Kilroy to the far ends of the Earth! Please, take a token (NO! Take 2 or even 3) and deposit them in as many caches as you can, even the world! Because I am also a US Marine, it would make my day to find Kilroy in caches all around Nebraska, around the United States and even the world! BE AWARE THAT DAV ACTIVITIES USUALLY TAKE PLACE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS TUESDAY THRU SUNDAY.
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