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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 1943 file photo Mrs. Caven holds her new point ration book as the grocer indicates the proper stamps to cover purchases in New York. Each person had 48 points for use during March. 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/Carl Nesensohn, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 1943 file photo Mrs. Caven holds her new point ration book as the grocer indicates the proper stamps to cover purchases in New York. Each person had 48 points for use during March. 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/Carl Nesensohn, 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.