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I would give "My War" 6 stars if I could. I bought this 20 years ago and would have never read it if not for Covid-19, when my public library closed and I rediscovered gems on my bookshelves. Andy Rooney reported for "Stars and Stripes", the US Army's newspaper in Europe, a role that allowed him wide-ranging access to the European Theater of Operations. In a witty, self-deprecating style, Rooney flies with bombing missions over France and Germany, and from D-Day on, logs 20,000 miles in his jeep. He points out that reporters were given unprecedented access to soldiers and the battlefield with minimal (mostly self-) censorship. Though an Army Sergeant, Rooney's correspondents shoulder patch allowed him considerable liberty to go after stories and move among combat units. This is personal story of the war in Europe, not simply for Rooney, but about hundreds of soldiers and airmen, from privates to generals, who risked their lives to rescue Europe from unspeakable tyranny.