First of all, the only thing that can be said for
certain about Kilroy is that he was indeed there!
His name and often his "peeking over the top" scrawled image began to appear
early in World War II and soon spread out over the globe. Wherever the world
found American fighting men, Kilroy was there.
Kilroy was everywhere.
He appeared on shattered earthen walls in the Loire River Valley, inside the
paper-foil containers of "Meals, Ready to Eat," under access plates in
MASH-era helicopters, and spray-painted on the big guns of Desert Storm.
When found in inaccessible areas, the logo could only have been put there by
the assemblers. How many of these (which are still being discovered today as
WWII vehicles are restored at the hands of enthusiastic collectors) were put
there by Rosie the Riveter?
Where did this legend, for it is a legend, originate?
Here is one version:
James J. Kilroy was a shipyard inspector in Boston during WWII. He wrote the
phrase "Kilroy was here" to indicate that he had been aboard and inspected
the riveting and bulkheads.
Newly arriving troops would see the chalk marks and be mystified. Who was
this super-soldier who preceded them?
The phrase caught the imagination of the young men, and many began to scrawl
it on any convenient (and many a not-so-convenient) vertical surface.
You are looking for a decon container.
Hope you enjoy the puzzle.
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