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Home » General NewsFun FactDecember 17, 2012 By William Hilton of Thomas Nelson HSThe term "whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got the "whole 9 yards."
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