Kilroy Was Here
James J. Kilroy was a worker at the Fore River Shipyard and is believed to have been responsible for the creation of the expression “Kilroy was here.” According to The New York Times, Kilroy had marked the ships as there were being built but the phrase was not found until much later chalked in places that no graffiti artist could have reached like inside the sealed hull spaces. So, it was concluded that Kilroy was behind the expression.