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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 1941, file photo, a group of Washington women sign up, at the headquarters of the newly organized American Women's Voluntary Service Agriculture Auxiliary in Washington, to take a course in farming to help ease shortage of farm labor caused by the war. The enlisted women will start off with a course in simple gardening and progress to dairy work and poultry tending and the care of farm machinery. Left to right: Mrs. Rodman Wanamaker, Mrs. Harold J. Pearson, Mrs. M. L. Sweet, Mrs. Williams C. Knight, and Mrs. Robert Harvey. (AP Photo/William J. Smith, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 1941, file photo, a group of Washington women sign up, at the headquarters of the newly organized American Women's Voluntary Service Agriculture Auxiliary in Washington, to take a course in farming to help ease shortage of farm labor caused by the war. The enlisted women will start off with a course in simple gardening and progress to dairy work and poultry tending and the care of farm machinery. Left to right: Mrs. Rodman Wanamaker, Mrs. Harold J. Pe…

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.