The correct answer choices are:
Atkinson unsuccessfully tries to stab the narrator.
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The clock strikes midnight while Withencroft is still writing.
Answer:
It was necessary to save as many lives as possible by ending the fighting quickly.
Explanation:
This is the correct answer because President Harry S. Truman literally says, "I stopped the war that would have killed half a million youngsters on both sides." This means that he didn't want people to die, so he ended the war before it got to that point.
