Young Amanpreet never quite got over his miserable childhood as an orphan in the ghetto. When he turned 18 hejoined the Marines, but old habits die hard and one night thesergeant found him rummaging around the garbage and eatingout of the discarded cans and jars.“On your free, Lizard Pecker,“ he bellowed. „You’ll eat in the message hall — you’re no better than the rest of us!“