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unusual facts about VMF-222


VMF-222

On January 11, 1945, the squadron, along with other from MAG-14, landed on the island of Guinan in the Philippines.


.204 Ruger

The 222 Remington Magnum provides about 5% more usable (below the neck) case capacity than the most popular member of the family, the NATO 5.56×45 mm (.223

113 Squadron

VMF-113 (Marine Fighter Squadron 113), a unit of the United States Marine Corps

Apurímac Region

poly 116 105 126 116 135 123 136 134 137 147 137 159 129 164 128 170 132 180 125 189 129 196 134 210 143 217 138 222 138 228 133 240 135 246 131 249 130 249 122 254 113 254 97 262 93 260 82 253 73 265 66 275 56 274 49 263 57 240 54 235 61 232 63 218 69 204 79 193 82 193 80 182 77 168 76 159 83 151 81 145 84 135 89 127 95 121 101 112 107 110 113 106 Aymaraes Province

Datang, Zhuji

After the state of Yue was absorbed into the unification of China, Qin Shi Huang formally codified the boundaries of Zhuji as a county in 222 BC.

David ben Zakkai

Harkavy, Studien und Mittheilungen, v. 209, 221, 222 et seq

Dennis Lance

Of around 105 Dennis Lance SLF built, the majority had Wright Pathfinder bodywork, including 38 for London Buses (type LLW) for use on the first London routes to go low floor including London United Busways (now Transdev London) Hounslow route 120 and Centrewest (now First London) Uxbridge route 222, being 2 of 5 routes to introduce the type to the capital.

DRG Class 99.22

Locomotive 99 222 remained on duty until 1966 on its original route, but when it became clear that the end was nigh, it transferred to the Harz and is in service today on the network of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB) between Nordhausen, Quedlinburg and Wernigerode.

Fred Abbott

Splitting his time in the backup role this time, with Fritz Buelow and rookie Harry Ostdiek Abbott batted a meager .169 with no homers and only a dozen RBI before being sent down to the Columbus Senators of the American Association where he finished the season going .222 over 34 games.

Gonia

Gonia (Greek: Γωνιά) is a picturesque village in the Rethymno regional unit in Crete, Greece, lying at an altitude of ca 222 m amsl, about 10km southwest of the town of Rethymno.

Hollsmidt 222

The Hollsmidt 222 or HT-1 was a Danish light utility amateur aircraft, built in one unit.

Hubometer

Numerous attempts at electronic versions have been attempted including a Stemco version patented in 1991 (pat #4,989,222), however;

Jasmine Yeong-Nathan

At the 2008 AMF World Cup, the then 20-year-old student from Singapore Polytechnic defeated the defending ladies champion Australian Ann-Maree Putney in straight sets (263-222 and 298-215) to become the first Singaporean to win an AMF World Cup title.

Jehuu Caulcrick

In 2007, as a Senior he had 872 yards on 222 attempts and 21 touchdowns (a then MSU single season record) splitting time with Javon Ringer.

Jordan Todman

He set a career high when he ran for 222 yards during a nationally televised game on ESPN against Pittsburgh, on the same day it was announced that he was not named a semi-finalist for the Doak Walker Award.

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

The most important access roads near the park are BR-135, BR-222, MA-404, MA-225, and

Lippstadt Airfield

Lippstadt Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany, located in the southeast part of Lippstadt (Nordrhein-Westfalen); approximately 222 miles west-southwest of Berlin.

Marcus Claudius Marcellus

Marcellus gained the most prestigious award a Roman general could earn, the spolia opima, for killing the Gallic military leader and king Viridomarus in hand-to-hand combat in 222 BC at the battle of Clastidium.

Mein Odem ist schwach, BWV 222

Mein Odem ist schwach (My breath is weak), BWV 222, is a church cantata composed by Johann Ernst Bach II.

Minnesota State Highway 222

Minnesota State Highway 222 is a short highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 92 in Lambert Township of Red Lake County and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with Red Lake County Road 5 in Oklee.

Munda Airport

The first American aircraft landed at Munda on August 14, 1943 with landings by F4U Corsairs piloted by Robert Owen of VMF-215, a 44th Fighter Squadron (44th FS) P-40 Warhawk and a J2F Duck with Marine Brigadier General Francis P. Mulcahy aboard.

Operation Pike

A French force of 65 Martin Maryland bombers and a supplementary force of 24 Farman F.222 heavy bombers were allocated for night operations during the campaign.

Phi Nguyen

Nguyen has multiple cashes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) including two bracelets, his first was in the 2003 WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, earning $222,800, with a final table made up of fellow professional poker players T.J. Cloutier (9th), David Singer (7th), Steve Zolotow (6th), Tom Jacobs (5th), Kenna James (4th), Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow (3rd) and Jim Miller who Nguyen beat during heads-up play.

Portrait of Lady Meux

Ellis, George R., Honolulu Academy of Arts, Selected Works, Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1990, 222.

RAF Chailey

RAF Chailey hosted 131 Polish Wing, with three squadrons, as well as No 18 Fighter Section, controlling three winds of three squadrons, five of which were also Polish (302, 306, 308, 315 and 317) as well as squadrons from Mysore (129), Natal (222), Belgium (349) and New Zealand (485).

Salisbury, Missouri

Floyd B. Parks -- U.S. Marine aviator who earned the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions leading Marine fighter squadron VMF-221 during the Battle of Midway.

Seminis

In September 2003, Savia took Seminis off the public markets for approximately $650 million via an investment of approximately $222 million from Fox Paine & Company and additional cash and stock from Savia and related entities.

Sescoi

His record on snow is 222 km/h achieved at Les Arcs, while on soil it is 172 km/h, achieved at the Cerro Negro volcano.

Thomas Ebendorfer

He wrote also a history of the Roman emperors, "Chronica regum Romanorum"; Books VI and VII, which are of independent value as sources, were edited by Pribram in the Mitteilungen des Instituts für österreichische Geschichtsforschung, third supplementary volume (Innsbruck, 1890-1894), 38-222.

Tim DeRuyter

In the 2009 Armed Forces Bowl against Houston, the Falcons limited the nation's second-ranked passing offense to a season-low of 222 passing yards.

Tom Upton

He split the 1944 season between the Norfolk Tars and Kansas City Blues, hitting a combined .140 with a .162 slugging percentage in 222 at-bat.

Victory Yard

On 5 February 1942, the US Navy purchased the former Groton Iron Works property from Alfred Holter and Shell Oil Company for $222,000 using condemnation proceedings.

VMA-223

VMF-223 left the island on October 16, 1942 having accounted for 110½ enemy aircraft shot down including that of Japanese ace Junichi Sasai.

VMA-231

The squadron served in a reserve status as VMF-231 in Akron, Ohio and Grosse Ile Township, Michigan until they were deactivated on August 31, 1962.

VMF-113

VMF-113 was reactivated sometime after the war and was stationed at Naval Air Station Olathe, Kansas along with VMF-215.

VMF-155

In April 1943, with their training complete, a detachment from the squadron was ordered aboard the USS Nassau (CVE-16) to participate in the invasion of Attu in the Aleutian Islands.

VMF-413

In July 1944, VMB-413 began operating from Munda from where they began to raid both Kahili and Choiseul on a regular basis until October 18, 1944 when they moved to Emirau.

VMF-441

By March 1944 the squadron was again on the offensive conducting raids against Mili and Jaluit.

VMFAT-501

In October 1954, VMF-451 upgraded to the North American FJ-2 Fury, and adopted the name "Warlords", redesigning their unit insignia to feature a jet punching through a Carling beer label and sporting the motif, "Vini, Vici" meaning "we conquered some wine" as opposed to "Veni, Vici" which means "I came, I conquered".

West Midlands Hagley Road bus corridor

In 2010, the 99 was withdrawn and replaced by the 141 between Birmingham-Quinton, from Quinton and Halesowen is still operated by the 9 and from Halesowen and Merry Hill was replaced by the extended 222.

Western Illinois University

Designed by Gyo Obata, Malpass Library stands at six levels high and 222,000 square feet.

World's Fastest Pickup

In 2002, a 5.9 L Cummins diesel-powered pickup, modified by Gale Banks and his company Gale banks engineering set an FIA-certified land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats with a one-way pass of 222-mph and a combined two-way speed of 217-mph.

Zhao Tuo

The state of Zhao was defeated and absorbed by the state of Qin in 222 BCE, whereupon Zhao Tuo became a citizen of Qin.


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