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FILE - This Sept. 17, 1943, file image shows the war ration book four, issued by the office of price administration. 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 - This Sept. 17, 1943, file image shows the war ration book four, issued by the office of price administration. 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.