Another example of his unconventional style was the order "you know what I want, Frank, so go in there and get it for me," which resulted in heavy casualties suffered by  Merrill's Marauders.
The diary entry "British destroying the oil fields. GOOD GOD. What are we fighting for?" was written by this man, who used the base at Ramgarh to train elite units called the "first group of thirty divisions." The U.S. Army "green book" about this man's "command problems" describes his quarrel over the supply buildup for Operation Matterhorn. Another example of his unconventional style was the order "you know what I want, Frank, so go in there and get it for me," which resulted in heavy casualties suffered by  Merrill's Marauders. This man boasted that "the old harpoon was ready" to "lay the (*) Peanut low" in a 1944 poem quoted in Barbara Tuchman's book about this man "and the American experience in China." For 10 points, "Vinegar Joe" was the nickname of what American general who served as an adviser to the Chinese nationalists during World War II?
The diary entry "British destroying the oil fields. GOOD GOD.
Joseph (Warren) Stilwell (accept Stilwell's Command Problems or Stilwell and the American Experience in China)