When all Earth is destroyed in World War V, only bomber pilot Ray Vanjan and scientist Dr. Garfield Gar remain in outer space, so Gar sends Vanjan back to nip mankind in the bud at the time Noah and his family emerged from the Ark.
“I want you to strafe the Ark, exercising car not to hurt any of the animals,” said old Dr. Garfield Gar.

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  1. “The Sons of Japheth” by Richard Wilson, in Infinity Science Fiction, December 1956.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Richard Wilson