Answer and Explanation:
1. I was already aware that all the men who participated in the pacific war faced great danger, including savioristas. This is because being involved in a war, includes risking, at all times, being hit by the enemy army, whose main objective is to cause their death, or disability, reducing the army's proactivity. This reinforces the idea that the wars are very disadvantageous scenarios and capable of causing a lot of pain and suffering to all those involved in it.
2. As a war is a devastating thing, by nature, no particular fact or story was able to surprise me, but we were always shocked when we discovered the number of deaths caused in battles. This was no different when I read the text, since the death number left me stunned and with a strong feeling of remorse.