Your job is not to die for your country. Your job is to get the other poor sonofabitch to die for his country. - Ben Bova

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Your job is not to die for your country. Your job is to get the other poor sonofabitch to die for his country.

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About Ben Bova

Ben Bova (born November 8, 1932 – November 29, 2020) is an American science fiction author and editor, President Emeritus of the National Space Society, and a past President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

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Birth Name: Benjamin William Bova
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