Best overlooked anecdotes from military history?

What are some of the best anecdotes from military history (any nation) that you can recall?  Most of us probably have general stories about individual leaders, like Audie Murphy, Chesty Puller, etc., but what I'm really looking for are the tiny details of the story that are lost in the telling, the things that get overlooked.

For example, one of my favorite stories comes from a terrible firing range accident involving someone I consider to be one of the greatest American military leaders to have ever served, General David Petraeus (don't know him personally, obviously, and the 2012 affair and his resignation definitely raise some questions, but he's still a favorite of mine).  Anyway, the common story is that when Petraeus was a LTC commanding the 187th Infantry Regiment in 1991, he was accidentally shot in the chest by a soldier whose weapon discharged after the soldier tripped.  He was rushed to the emergency room and operated on by a future US Senator, and fortunately survived.  When he argued that he was fit to return to duty a few days later, the two argued, and then LTC Petraeus got down and did 50 solid pushups.  They signed his release papers the same day. 

A lot of folks know that part of the story, and it's always a good one.  However, the one that's less known is what happened to the company commander and the soldier that nearly killed LTC Petraeus by accident.  I can't verify how true this is (came through Michael Yon, independent military photojournalist and writer who embedded with multiple US/British commands throughout OIF/OEF), so take it with a grain of salt.  In today's Army, we all know that an accident on the firing line that nearly kills a top officer would probably be punished so severely that the officer in charge of the range would probably not promote for the next few years, if at all, and the enlisted soldier who fired the shot would probably smoked to hell and back, as well as receive some sort of UCMJ action.

LTC Petraeus did one of the most gracious things ever.  He promoted them. 

The company commander at the time, CPT Erik Kurilla, would later go on to become the 75th Ranger Regiment commander (I think he's a Brigadier General now?).  Not sure what happened to the soldier.  I like this story a lot, and it gets ignored frequently in favor of the part where Petraeus was released from the hospital.  I'm a fairly harsh person to work with; I expect a lot from others, and I can be difficult to please.  This story always makes me remember that I too was given a second chance for a mistake, and that giving others the benefit of the doubt and the opportunity to redeem themselves can sometimes lead to incredible results.