George S. Patton slapping incidents
On 3 August 1943, Patton was visiting the 15th Evacuation Hospital. He found a soldier sitting on a supply box. The General asked him what he was there for. The soldier, Private Charles H. Kuhl, said "I guess I just can't take it."  The general was immediately angry: he swore at the soldier and slapped him with his gloves. The soldier had malaria and dysentery.