Eli Thomas Reich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Thomas_Reich
a highly decorated United States Navy officer and World War II submarine commander — the only one to sink a battleship during the war.
Shortly after his retirement from the Navy, Reich was named director of the Emergency Energy Allocations Program, which was responsible for the distribution of oil and gasoline during the 1973 oil crisis. Described as a “crusty three-star admiral” by syndicated columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, Admiral Reich was reported by the columnists to have told staff members:
“I don’t give a damn for the public image. We’re not here to create an image. We’re to do a job—my way. And that’s the military way.”
After a short time at the job, Admiral Reich clashed with energy chief William E. Simon, and he left the newly formed Department of Energy.
Hard to tell whether he was let go because of his age, he was no longer effective, or whether he was actually too effective, which isn't what bureaucrats want. If he left the DOE to go into the old folks home, where he was known to repeat to the staff:
"I sank a battleship! A Japanese battleship! Now, who stole my World's Fair Spoon?!"
I guess we would know which situation was true.