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"Army KP Duty" (January 4, 2015)

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Shep pulls 18 hours of Kitchen Police.

While movies and comic strips often depict being assigned to Army Kitchen Police as a punishment, Jean Shepherd says it's just like any other duty. In this program from January 4, 1973, he recalls pulling an 18-hour shift in the kitchen during basic training.

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