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FILE - In this June 26, 1942, file photo, women workers at the St. Louis Ordnance plant inspect 50 calibre shell casings. This is the first inspection of the shells after they come through the metal shaping machines. Not since World War II when factories converted from making automobiles to making tanks, Jeeps and torpedos has the entire nation been asked to truly sacrifice for a greater good. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this June 26, 1942, file photo, women workers at the St. Louis Ordnance plant inspect 50 calibre shell casings. This is the first inspection of the shells after they come through the metal shaping machines. Not since World War II when factories converted from making automobiles to making tanks, Jeeps and torpedos has the entire nation been asked to truly sacrifice for a greater good. (AP Photo, File)

March 25, 2020

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Of America and sacrifice: Is the country ready to step up?
March 25, 2020 11:56 a.m.

Of America and sacrifice: Is the country ready to step up?

WASHINGTON (AP) — For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparent or passed on through a book or movie.