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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 1942, file photo, Bofors 4-millimeter cannons used by the Army and Navy are shown lined up at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio. In the background, gun mounts and carriages are being assembled. 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 Oct. 22, 1942, file photo, Bofors 4-millimeter cannons used by the Army and Navy are shown lined up at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio. In the background, gun mounts and carriages are being assembled. 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.