Kilroy was here (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Kilroy was here" in English language version.

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"WW2 People's War – Mr. Chad". BBC. 24 January 2005. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

bdb.co.za

Shackle, Eric. "Mr. Chad and Kilroy live again". Eric Shackle's eBook – Chad & Kilroy. Retrieved 2 February 2020. In 1943, 32,000 employees worked at the Fore River Shipyard. One of them was James J. Kilroy, a Welding Inspector. He used chalk to mark the rivets and plates he inspected. The "Kilroy Was Here" mark was found throughout the U.S.S. Massachusetts Battleship and many others.

books.google.com

"Needed: some great new "liars"". Life. 17 May 1948. p. 120.
Sickels, Robert (2004). "Leisure Activities". The 1940s. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 113. ISBN 9780313312991.
Brown, Jerold E. (2001). "Kilroy". Historical dictionary of the U.S. Army. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 264. ISBN 0-313-29322-8.
Patridge, Eric; Beale, Paul (1986). A dictionary of catch phrases: British and American, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 0-415-05916-X.
Ascari, Maurizio; Corrado, Adriana (2006). Sites of exchange: European crossroads and faultlines. Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft. Vol. 103. Rodopi. p. 211. ISBN 90-420-2015-6.
Reeve, Elizabeth (18 March 1946). "Wot! Chad's Here". Life Magazine. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
Partridge, Eric; Beale, Paul (2002). A dictionary of slang and unconventional English: colloquialisms and catch phrases, fossilised jokes and puns, general nicknames, vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalised (8 ed.). Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 0-415-29189-5.
Zakia, Richard D. (2002). Perception and imaging. Focal Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-240-80466-X.
Stewart, John Laurence (1998). The forbidden diary: a B-24 navigator remembers. McGraw-Hill. p. 45. ISBN 0-07-158187-1.
"Letters to the Editor: Miscellany". Life Magazine. 16 November 1962. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
Chas. Demee MFG. Co. (9 November 1946). "At last Kilroy is here (advert)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

dictionary.com

* "Kilroy was here". Dictionary.com.
- Edwards, Phil (11 December 2015). "The World War II meme that circled the world". Vox.

discogs.com

"The Move – Move". Discogs. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

doi.org

Sawyer, Corinne Holt (1984). "Kilroy Was Here-But He Stepped Out for a Minute! Absentee Characters in Popular Fiction (With Particular Attention to M*A*S*H)". The Journal of Popular Culture. 18 (2): 157–169. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1984.1802_157.x.

ghostarchive.org

NBC's Community Intro, 2 October 2009, archived from the original on 18 November 2021, retrieved 26 June 2020

imdb.com

""M*A*S*H" The Bus (TV Episode 1975)". IMDb.

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"How 'Kilroy Was Here' Changed the World". Live Science. 15 September 2008.

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""Kilroy" Mystery is Finally Solved". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Associated Press. 14 November 1945.
"Changing Patterns in World Graffiti". Ludington Daily News. 16 March 1977. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
"Mr. Chad travels". Schenectady Gazette. 12 October 1946. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
"There Are Places Nobody Ever Was Before, but Look, Kilroy Was There". The Milwaukee Journal. 28 November 1946. Retrieved 14 June 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
"Once Honorably Discharged, Kilroy is Here, but No Smoe". The Milwaukee Journal. 9 December 1946. Retrieved 14 June 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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"Transit Association Ships a Street Car To Shelter Family of 'Kilroy Was Here'", The New York Times, 24 December 1946.
"Serious Issues Underlie a New Album from Styx". The New York Times. 27 March 1983. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

openwriting.com

Shackle, Eric (7 August 2005). "Mr Chad And Kilroy Live Again". Open Writing. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

phrases.org.uk

Martin, Gary. "Kilroy was here". Phrases.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

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Dziatkiewicz, Łukasz (4 November 2009). "Kilroy tu był". Polityka (in Polish). Retrieved 13 June 2010.

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Plimer, Denis (1 December 1946). "No. 1 Doodle". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
Nelson, Harry (11 September 1966). "Wall writers turn away from big-nosed favorite of World War II: Kilroy Was Here, but Oger and Overby Take Over". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

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"Wot no respect?". RAF Related Legends. RAF Cranwell Apprentices Association. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

straightdope.com

"What's the origin of "Kilroy was here"?". The Straight Dope. 4 August 2000.

svobodanews.ru

Palveleva, Lily (24 March 2008). Ключевое слово: "граффити". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2010.

theguardian.com

McKie (Smallweed), David (25 November 2000). "Dimpled and pregnant". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

ultimate-guitar.com

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"Kilroy Was Here Chords by The Move". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved 10 December 2024.

vox.com

* "Kilroy was here". Dictionary.com.
- Edwards, Phil (11 December 2015). "The World War II meme that circled the world". Vox.

web.archive.org

"WW2 People's War – Mr. Chad". BBC. 24 January 2005. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
"Wot no respect?". RAF Related Legends. RAF Cranwell Apprentices Association. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
Plimer, Denis (1 December 1946). "No. 1 Doodle". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
Nelson, Harry (11 September 1966). "Wall writers turn away from big-nosed favorite of World War II: Kilroy Was Here, but Oger and Overby Take Over". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
Palveleva, Lily (24 March 2008). Ключевое слово: "граффити". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2010.

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Sawyer, Corinne Holt (1984). "Kilroy Was Here-But He Stepped Out for a Minute! Absentee Characters in Popular Fiction (With Particular Attention to M*A*S*H)". The Journal of Popular Culture. 18 (2): 157–169. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1984.1802_157.x.

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Melvin, Morris (January 2007). "Kilroy Was Here—On Stamps". U.S. Stamp News. 13 (1): 30. ISSN 1082-9423.

worldwidewords.org

Quinion, Michael. "Kilroy was here". World Wide Words. Retrieved 13 June 2010.

youtube.com

NBC's Community Intro, 2 October 2009, archived from the original on 18 November 2021, retrieved 26 June 2020