During the late evening, the U.N. Security council passes a resolution calling for member nations to give military aid to South Korea. The Soviets would have vetoed it had they not been boycotting at the time and were not there. In compliance with President Truman’s order to provide help to South Korea and the use […]

This is the date (25 June 1950) when seven elite, well trained North Korean divisions invaded South Korea starting a forgotten three-year war. This is a war that has been orphaned by history. It was not to be a war of national unification like WWII nor would it (as in Vietnam) become a war that […]

Please sign and forward the new petition to help get a Kilroy Was Here Commemorative stamp at http://www.change.org/petitions/kilroy-was-here-usps-stamp. If this link doesn’t work, please copy and paste it to you browser. ________________________________________ Korean War starts 06/25/1950 Dr. Frank Biasco. A Korean War Veteran, college professor, and political activist talks about the anniversary of the “forgotten […]

Kilroy Was Here was with every GI on every combat mission or other assignment during WWII and Korea. He has been and is the GIs best friend. No matter how bad it got, how dirty, tired, wounded, scared, or just fed up a GI was, he found that Kilroy had already been there . . […]

This has been an interesting project. We at KilroyWasHere.org have been trying for ten years now to get a Kilroy Was Here Commemorative stamp. I set the petition up first in Facebook only to find there are so many restrictions on harvesting the names that I couldn’t print and mail every Monday, as promised. I […]

Please sign and forward the new petition on the “Help us get a USPS Kilroy Was Here Commemorative stamp” facebook page. http://www.causes.com/causes/644609-help-us-get-a-usps-kilroy-was-here-commemorative-stamp/actions/1658467 ________________________________________ Letters Home TSgt Mel Allan A series of memoirs compiled by TSgt Allan from his letters home. You can watch and feel him maturing before your eyes as you read these gripping […]

KilroyWasHere.org Quote of the week JUNE 5, 1944 Written the day BEFORE D-Day “Our landings have failed and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery could do. If any blame […]

Please sign and forward the new petition on the “Help us get a USPS Kilroy Was Here Commemorative stamp” facebook page. The link to the petition is featured on page one of KilroyWasHere.org. ________________________________________ Kilroy on Mars? Neil DeRosa makes a case for it. “The Air Force Brass running NASA probably noticed this and that’s […]

Col. Bob David He flew 42 combat missions. Most only survive 15. This is a good example of what experts have said was the genius of the American fighting man. They knew how to take orders but they never stopped thinking! ________________________________________ Quote of the week is from – — General Dwight D. Eisenhower ________________________________________ […]