During
WWII, U.S. Airplanes were armed with belts of bullets which they would shoot
during dogfights and on strafing runs. These belts were folded into the wing
compartments that fed their machine guns. These belts measure 27 feet and
contained hundreds of rounds of bullets. Often times, the pilots would return
from their missions having expended all of their bullets on various targets.
They would say, I gave them
the whole nine yards, meaning they used up all of their ammunition.
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