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FILE - In this May 21, 1942 file photo, sniping from a rocky Irish hilltop, American troops man their Browning automatics and M-1 rifles through a haze of smoke screen during invasion maneuvers, in Ireland. Not since World War II, when people carried Ration Books, when buying cars, firewood and nylon was restricted, when men were drafted and women volunteered in the war effort, has the entire nation been asked to truly sacrifice for a greater good. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this May 21, 1942 file photo, sniping from a rocky Irish hilltop, American troops man their Browning automatics and M-1 rifles through a haze of smoke screen during invasion maneuvers, in Ireland. Not since World War II, when people carried Ration Books, when buying cars, firewood and nylon was restricted, when men were drafted and women volunteered in the war effort, 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.