Short story: "Defender of the Faith".

What happens when you lie and use others to get what you want? It comes back to bite you in the butt is what. In the story "Defender of the Faith" the character Grossbart is taught this. Grossbart uses his Father, his friends, Larry Fishbein and Mickey Halpern, and Sergeant Nathan Marx. He also lies to Sergeant Marx. Grossbart first uses Sgt. Marx to get out of the G.I. Parties that occur on Friday …showed first 75 words of 485 total…

…showed last 75 words of 485 total…Marx received orders from Classification and Assignment every trainee was to be shipped to Camp Stoneman, California-all but one. "Private Sheldon Grossbart. He was to be sent to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey." After receiving these orders Sgt. Marx called Classification and Assignment and changed the orders for Grossbart. Grossbart did not like this, he felt like using people had just bitten him in the butt, but he did go to the Pacific with everyone else.