Joe Haldeman quote

I don't think I would have written a combat novel if I had just had peacetime military training. I think, in fact, I probably would have remained a poet and just written a short story every now and then.
Joe Haldeman
Joe Haldeman
Joe Haldeman
Born: Jun 9, 1943

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