Comments on: “Kilroy Was Here”-A Story from World War II

By: https://sejarahdunia72.blogspot.com/

https://sejarahdunia72.blogspot.com/ — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:38:35 +0000

Thanks for discussing world history so clearly in this article.

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:56:01 +0000

In reply to Kenny Clifton. That is well said, thank you!

By: Kenny Clifton

Kenny Clifton — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:46:52 +0000

Thankfully, having been born in 1950, I missed WW2. My father ran an RC Cola distributorship in Dickson, Tennessee and I grew up working as a helper on the drink truck. In the rest room in the basement of a garment factory, someone had drawn the Kilroy image. I took to drawing it on various locations, and this week (April 2025), drew it on my refurbished bee hive. We need to remember the great sacrifice that those young patriots made for our country.

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Mon, 27 May 2024 13:21:23 +0000

In reply to Eileen (O'Connor)Montesano. Thank you for sharing that.

By: Eileen (O'Connor)Montesano

Eileen (O'Connor)Montesano — Mon, 27 May 2024 04:23:10 +0000

I recently visited the American beaches in Normandy with my husband. I was able to leave a card with Kilroy printed on in memory of my Dad who was a young GI , having served, and was wounded, in France and Germany in WW II. When he was older, he would draw Kilroy on placemats or on sheets of paper for others to find. We came to think of Dad as “Kilroy” leaving some happiness for others to find. We are proud of his service.

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:39:36 +0000

In reply to Alexander Hay. Thank you for posting...the fact that the cartoon character wasn't part of it at that time tracks with what I've learned. Thank you for adding your memory!

By: Alexander Hay

Alexander Hay — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:00:52 +0000

Being of a certain age I have already forgotten what inspired my recent interest in Kilroy but it certainly came from my wartime memories in Edinburgh, Scotland, where I was born and schooled. During and after the war “Kilroy was here” was chalked all over the place but without the accompanying cartoon character. At that time, before the disgustingly naff widespread graffiti of to-day, it was generally thought to be amusing by everyone.

By: Billy Wrights

Billy Wrights — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 19:09:13 +0000

I just want to add to the above, i was casually researching the origins of this famous character when i came upon this site. I was unaware that Kilroy was named after a worker in a shipyard in Mass counting rivets! I don’t know if i am right, though think i am, and of course, others may have made the connection previously, though i have not seen anything on-line as yet.
I was introduced to Kilroy by my mother and her family who are from the East End of London. In 1944 GI’s were everywhere and no doubt, Kilroy was there…or rather, here which was there! I wish i could share this with them, but they are no longer here. My Grandfather in particular as he was a Plate Layer and Boiler maker, shipbuilding at Millwall docks on the Thames. A man that pounded ten thousand steel rivets in his day would have appreciated this…if I’m correct of course.

By: Billy Wirghts

Billy Wirghts — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 18:28:15 +0000

If you look at the Kilroy character hard, you might, i believe, Grasp Kilroy’s little joke, or graphic pun: He was a rivet counter, well, having run a few rivets myself, that character is a Steel Dome Head Rivet waiting for a riveter to come along and flatten out the stem projecting down beneath the Dome, which in reality, would pass through two aligned holes in the overlapping steel plates, which is represented by a simple horizontal line and, thereafter, permanently bind the metal plates tightly together…. I believe the nature of this mans work was his inspiration. It makes perfect sense if his counting rivets, to draw one, symbolically, and as it happened humorously. A kind of accidental folk art that inspired thousands of Allied servicemen around the globe.

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 03:13:34 +0000

In reply to Mark Boldger.

Thank you so much…I don’t know much about submitting to Wikipedia, but I could look into it. I so appreciate your compliment!
Kate