My War
New York: PublicAffairs, 2000. First Public Affairs Edition [stated], First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 333, [5] pages. Illustrations. Index. Slight wear to DJ. Dot on top edge. Foreword by Tom Brokaw. The author recounts his experiences as a young reporter to "Stars and Stripes," the American forces' daily newspaper in Europe, including his personal account of the liberation and entry into Buchenwald. Andrew Aitken Rooney (January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011) was a radio and television writer known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. Rooney began his career in newspapers in 1942 while in the Army where he began writing for Stars and Stripes in London. He was one of six correspondents who flew on the second American bombing raid over Germany in February 1943, flying with the Eighth Air Force. He was the first journalist to reach the Ludendorff Bridge after the 9th Armored Division captured it on March 7, 1945. He was one of the first American journalists to visit the Nazi concentration camps, and one of the first to write about them. Rooney stated that he had been opposed to World War II because he was a pacifist. He recounted that what he saw in those concentration camps permanently changed his opinions about whether "just wars" exist. Rooney was decorated with the Bronze Star Medal and Air Medal for his service as a war correspondent in combat zones during the war. His memoir My War recounts notable historical events and people from a first-hand view, including the entry into Paris and the concentration camps. He describes how it shaped his experience both as a writer and reporter. More