Write the Topic Sentence of Each Paragraph

question 1

Essay

Write the topic sentence of each paragraph.
In 2001, Johnny Michael Spann and John Walker Lindh were two Americans fighting in the war between the United States and the pro-terrorist Taliban leaders of Afghanistan.The two men, however, had chosen very different sides.Spann was a Central Intelligence Agency officer working for his country.Lindh, who had joined the Taliban, was fighting against his country.In December 2001, both Spann and Lindh found themselves in the Qala Jangi prison in northern Afghanistan.Lindh was one of the prisoners, and Spann was interrogating him and other Taliban members.Soon after Spann's questioning of Lindh, another prisoner hit a guard with a rock and took the guard's rifle.Minutes later, the prisoners overcame and killed several guards.Like lightning, the uprising spread throughout the prison, and Spann was either shot or killed in a grenade explosion.Lindh, who was wounded, ran and hid in the prison basement.After a week of hiding, he was taken into custody by Marines.Both Johnny Michael Spann and John Walker Lindh were men of action and conviction, but they chose opposing paths that turned them into enemies in battle.

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