It was Curtis E LeMay. 'Old IronAss' told the poor sod, in words of few syllables, that henceforth he was busted to Second Lieutenant....
No idea whether or not this was true - but allegedly it's the sort of thing LeMay would do.....
My father told me that you had one chance with LeMay, you did it right all the time, or else. There were no second chances under LeMay.