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FILE - In this July 12, 1941, file photo, the final assembly of Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes at the Burbank, Calif., plant takes place outdoors under powerful floodlights, because of lack of room inside the plant. 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 July 12, 1941, file photo, the final assembly of Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes at the Burbank, Calif., plant takes place outdoors under powerful floodlights, because of lack of room inside the plant. 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.