The cover of the book 'Letters of the Vietnam Wartime'. (Photo: baotintuc.vn) The book titled Nhung La Thu Thoi Chien VietNam (Letters of Vietnam Wartime), released recently in HCM City, includes200 handwritten letters from soldiers and young people collected and compliedby journalist Dang Vuong Hung.
All of the letters belong to a "brave young generation who were ready tosacrifice and dedicate their youth to revolutionary ideal and nationalliberation," said Nguyen Hoai Anh, deputy director of the Su That NationalPolitical Publishing House.
According to Anh, most letters' authors were no longer alive.
Still, their small handwriting of "hasty words" on the old papers aretouching stories about history and the ideals, sacrifice and dedication of theyoung people during wartime.
"These letters are also profound evidence of their love for family, loveamong couples and love for the homeland and motherland," he added."They have contributed to the unforgettable glorious, and heroic historyof Vietnam."
Anh said he hoped that when turning from the first page to the last page of thebook, readers would be able to accompany writers, most of them were soldiers,reminiscing about the hard days of fighting and experiencing moments ofrelaxing and dreaming about their families and beloved ones.
Journalist Hung said: "Each of those wartime letters became a bridgeconnecting the front lines and the rear, reflecting a young generation on thebattlefield with all their love for the motherland and their families alongwith a high willingness of fighting, sacrifice and dedication. It is ageneration that will forever last along with the nation's history."
He revealed his book had been supplemented for this publication with somepresentations and documents collected from a conference themed "Letters inthe Vietnam wartime in the national history, traditions and culture", heldin July 2017 in Hanoi by the Centre for Research, Conservation and Promotion ofNational Culture, in collaboration with the Vietnam Historical ScienceAssociation, the War Remnants Museum and the Soldiers Hearts club./.
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