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FILE - In this Feb. 10, 1943, file photo, employees of International Harvester inspect ball bearings in Chicago, the smallest being one eighth of an inch in diameter. The bearings must be sorted according to size within 25 millionths of an inch. Not since World War II when factories converted from making automobiles to making tanks, Jeeps and torpedos has the entire nation been asked to truly sacrifice for a greater good. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 1943, file photo, employees of International Harvester inspect ball bearings in Chicago, the smallest being one eighth of an inch in diameter. The bearings must be sorted according to size within 25 millionths of an inch. Not since World War II when factories converted from making automobiles to making tanks, Jeeps and torpedos 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.