1942: Sacrifices and sales

Monday, September 17, 2001

The events of the past week have allowed me grasp the American mind set that was in place in 1942. Gazette Editor Harry Strunk wrote a March 21st editorial headlined "No Sacrifice Too Great -- But!" We all say we would sacrifice ... we could conserve gasoline if called to do so, we could conserve tires if asked ... whatever it takes to get our country through a crisis. How would we do in actuality?

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