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FILE - In this Feb. 23, 1943, file photo New Yorkers stand on long lines outside of schools all over the city to get their War Ration Book No. 2, during World War II. Not since World War II when people carried Ration Books with stamps that allowed them to purchase meat, sugar, butter, cooking oil and gasoline has the entire nation been asked to truly sacrifice for a greater good. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 1943, file photo New Yorkers stand on long lines outside of schools all over the city to get their War Ration Book No. 2, during World War II. Not since World War II when people carried Ration Books with stamps that allowed them to purchase meat, sugar, butter, cooking oil and gasoline 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.