Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rooney akatanga basa rake mumapepanhau muna 1942 achiri muchiuto apo akatanga kunyora nokuda kwe"Stars and Stripes" muLondon. Akanga ari mumwe wevanyori vatanhatu vakabhururuka pakurwisa kwechipiri kweAmerica nebhomba paGermany muna February 1943, achibhururuka neEighth Air Force. Akanga ari mutori wenhau wokutanga kusvika paLudendorff Bridge
pashure pokunge 9th Armored Division yaritora pana March 7, 1945. Akanga ari kumadokero paakanzwa kuti zambuko rakanga ratorwa. "Yaiva kurota kwomunyori wenhau", akanyora kudaro. "Imwe yenyaya huru dzehondo yakanga yawira mumakumbo angu". Kutorwa kwebhiriji rakanga riri nhau dzapamapeji okutanga muAmerica. Rooney akaronga kubata zambuko seimwe yezviitiko zvishanu zvikuru zvehondo yose yeEurope, pamwe chete neD-Day.