Celebrated today as the beloved curmudgeon whose essays on CBS's "60 Minutes" reach million each Sunday evening, Andy Rooney was a respected correspondent for Stars and Stripes during World War II.

Originally published in The Stars and Stripes, European Edition, Sunday, February 27, 1943. A U.S. BOMBER STATION, Feb. 26 — From the nose of Lt. Bill Casey's Banshee, I saw American Fortresses ...