Citations:balls to the wall

English citations of balls to the wall

• 1967, Frank Harvey, Air War—Vietnam, Bantam Books, page 144:

  You know what happened on that first Doomsday Mission (as the boys call a big balls-to-the-wall raid) against Hanoi oil.

• 1967, Frank Harvey, Air War—Vietnam, Bantam Books, page 150:

  You’re in good hands with Gen. Disosway as long as you go in on those targets balls to the wall. Never mind the brownie points.