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Kilrox'sEarned ByGoing To PotBy PVT. MURRAY KORNGOLDStars and stripes CorrespondentBurning question of Pacific \commuters i: “Who the Hell isKilroy 7“A gent by that name blazons his name on interior and exterior' walls o! tar more buildings than' ever boi e plaques testifying “George Washington Slept Here/’,From latrines on Guam to similar spots on Maui one sees the simple del native statement: “Kilroy was here/1 It’s apparently not a group ni people indulging in a gag, tor the handwriting is alwaysthe same.On one Pacific isle there's a slight variation in the theme on, the wall of a schoolroom. It bears| the declaration that “Kilroy stud-iied here/’ How he found time between tri|s to latrines deponent!knoweth not.Back To Ft. MeadeThe Kilroy Trail starts ’wayj back in Ft. Meade, Md., which has j more than its quota of souvenirs ^ testifying “Kilroy was here” on its;r latrine walls, in service clubs, and-r cm practically every other wallf|j interior and exterior.Proud structures in Washington an Baltimore only serve as markers to show Kilroy has been there, too. Restaurants and theaters sport his ubiquitous autograph. ]((Railroad cars bearing him to the^West Coast bore unmistakeably! explicit evidence that Kilroy had! traveled that route. jFt. Lawton and Seattle teem with more walls eloquently charting in prose the latest steps in Kilrov’s ody-sey.At Uepple DeppleAt a Replacement Depot on Hawaii an orientation otlicer inti»»-duced, hunself with the preface.‘id like vie, to know at once tii.itKill uv i :S\cred here 101 USAP1.►Kiii'ov i.' :\u)idlv moving into thelegend ckc—.Kili u\ .• whereabouts and icicn-«rtity run;.!:: a mystery. Nu one ii.nre|xjrted M*»*ing him write honame on t : • w 1 and humble pla^O'-*He may he Meaning to tin- Sta-a*-for diScm or to T^k.v,, w'Pn m -cuoat 1*Onlv a i '*f u 1 surv- v m .ar,:.*1
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Middle Pacific Stars and Stripes
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Sat, Aug 18, 1945
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