Answer
Served
Both words in one sentence
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JD counters by asking which branch the Janitor served in, and he can only lamely answer "The...janitor branch", making him this trope.
Source: Phony Veteran - Stockton was once at a party where, in an attempt to get a straight answer out of him, the host(s) served two kinds of ice cream: one in the shape of a lady, the other in the shape of a tiger.
Source: Shrug of God -
Noire, where in the "Naked City" case a man claims to have been with Sixth Marines at Okinawa, but struggles to answer which company he served in.
Source: Phony Veteran
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