I will tell you.

B'Elanna,
Here is some of my experiences as a child in Viet Nam.
 My mother and father were farmers, as so many people at 
the time were. They lived under the French rule, but longed 
truly for independance. When the war came, the war with the 
French, they were very supportive of it. They wished for 
my brother, Hung, and I to be able to live our lives in a 
free country. It was all they cared about. It was their 
greatest happiness when the independance was won and there 
would be one united Viet Nam. Then it happened that, when 
it was time to hold our first elections as a free nation the 
elections were not allowed. This was when the war with America came.
When the war came I was a little girl, about 5 years old. 
My parents quickly joined the side of the viet Cong, so that 
we could have true independance. In my small village I saw 
many terrible things for being a child of such a small age. 
When I was 8 years old the Republicans captured my father 
and took him to the large prison for Viet Cong. There he e
xperienced much torture, such as being held in the "Tiger 
Cages", where prisoners were held in a small area barely 
large enough to turn around in and were made to endure the
 elements because of the cages open tops. My mother then had 
to raise us on her own, and things were very hard. I became a
 Viet Cong child when I was taught in school that this would 
help my family and bring us honor. I preformed many small
 tasks for the soldiers, and as I grew older my missions 
became harder. Ask me about any of it and I can tell you 
what you would like to know. As i said, I want to tell those 
who don't know the truth about my country. Please contine 
to write with me, I look foward to hearing from you
                             Dinh Thi Phuc