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Show 30 Page -- HILL TOP TIMES H is EC 51 The three word proclamation ''Kilroy was here," with a sketch of his nose and fingers hooked over the top of a wall, as he peeked unsurely at a world ripped by World War II, once almost appeared November coy ireiiiredl Or if he is there, he is all but invisible amid the spray-ca- his scrawled n self-portra- signed in "Kilroy was here" on probably every barracks wall, not a few guardhouses, and even the doors of a few it on the unreachable stern of a Liberty ship coming in from a convoy run, or scratched in the sand to greet the first wave of troops as they hit the beach of a Pacific island. The mystery deepened as Kilroy became the most famous GI on every front. He alogans, salutations, and undeleted expletives that appeared-chalke- d self-expressi- or inm fi liitf go ffiromni question popped up every time adorn the sides of subway cars in the latest eruption of "Maybe New everywhere. York today is too scary for BUT NOW he's missing in him to come out from behind that wall," says a New York action. cab driver. three-word Gone are the That protective wall may be announcements and the why he survived the war while simple line drawings that still turning up in hot spots no magically materialized on any matter how unlikely. fait surface. IT MAY also be what conHe is even missing where you'd think you'd find him for cealed his true identity, the sure: the current world National Geographic Society capital of graffiti, New York's says. "Who is Kilroy?" The subway. present-and-accounted-f- 15, 1974 generals' quarters. After ordering one policing of a latrine a colonel posted satisfies wall, notice a for his men: "Kilroy now dead. is Anyone believing otherwise, and writing on these walls can have an in soap-and-wat- er iry service 1 terview with the commanding officer." Kilroy was back the next day, but the CO heard no secretly saluted Kilroy everywhere. And he was popular with the English THERE were in fact, 62 men in uniform named Kilroy. One of them, fresh from his share of action, was point operations, confessions. blank: "Kilroy was there and he didn't like it!" Even so, scribbling GIs troops as well. In the spirit of wartime however, he name: His nose code a adopted and fingers appearing from behind the same wall, he announced to the British, "Chad was here." WARTIME shipyard inspector named Kilroy innocently may have started it all, chalking his name to show he was doing his job no matter where, crawling into tanks or under the keels of ships. Kilroy hardly made the fighting in Korea or Vietnam, but he was there during the A YO0 SAIP WE WERE THB YANKS IN THIS J . American Revolution. Mathew Killroy, with two l's was one of the nine British redcoats who shot dead five patriots in the Boston Massacre. Found guilty of manslaughter, his thumb was branded for punishment. 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The ride was designed to spread the word that the American Revolution Bicentennial is already here and to encourage its celebration everywhere. (AFPS) |