At least Patton was willing to admit he was a prima donna.
True. Custer is another example.
Officers first encountering him wrote of him as a showowoff or reckless but later comments spoke of him as a man who led from the front and inspired men to follow him.
Like all of the prima donna officers he was a war fighter and not a great occupier which got him into trouble in Texas.
I laugh in the movie Patton when he was popping off rounds from a 45 ACP 1911 pistol at air plane raids.
Still, it inspired the men.
Bold as Brass
The biggest Prima Donna of all time was Admiral Hyman G Rickover, but he changed the world.