During World War II, Allied soldiers accompanied the mysterious Kilroy





Pictured above is provided on the character is always accompanied by the Allies during the Second World War - Kilroy. Moreover, it is always and everywhere there is a first, and remained even when the soldiers were leaving. On the same witness his recent presence - signed «Kilroy was here» - «Kilroy was here." Where did he come from and what it all means in general?

Versions of the appearance of several Kilroy, but the main legend is as follows: during the Second World War, the ship's inspector James Kilroy, bypassing inspection newly built ships and checking the work, painted by him personally invented character - a kind of quality mark. Later, these ships were sent to the front, and the soldiers, seeing the figure, wondered when and who had visited here before them. Thus was born the myth of Kilroy - super-soldiers, who always and everywhere the first time to. Taking up this idea, the military began as a joke to draw Kilroy wherever they found themselves, while claiming that the pattern has been here before they came. According to rumors, his picture can be found at the top of Mount Everest, on the head of the Statue of Liberty and even on the surface of the moon.

Said Comrade Stalin personally, find Kilroy in his residence at the time of the Potsdam Conference, amazement asked, "Tell me, and who is this Kilroy?". After the war, Kilroy began to appear less and less, but, as befits a true legend, has not gone unnoticed, periodically arising here and there, sometimes in the most unexpected places.

Source: www.dirty.ru

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