The scene opens up on a section of the mess hall later that evening. Carney, Wykowski, Selridge and Epstein look disgusted and their food, creamed chipped beef, looks like "shit on a shingle," as Wykowski says. Eugene enters and he too looks disgusted by what he has to eat. Epstein says that it is against government regulations to be served something unpalatable, on this principle, and the fact that he has a bad stomach he refuses to eat it. Upon hearing this, Wykowski tells him to ask for some matzo ball soup. Eugene looks empathetically at Epstein but does not come to his defense.
Another soldier their own age, James Hennesey, comes over to refill their sugar jar. He tells them that he is on eight straight days of KP because he.....
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