writing leadership was lacking. conditions were bad and looked to be getting worse for the men that were actually the ones risking their lives from attack. the letters are dated 2012 and 2013, penned in different writing styles. one in cursive and other in block print. the bergdahl family confirmed the letters revealed by sources in contact with the taliban. >> i'm please asking for help. >> reporter: held hostage in iraq for nearly a year, roy can relate. >> they set a piece of paper in front of me and gave me a pen and one person sat on each side of me and told me exactly what words to write and they wanted me to print it and not write it in script because they couldn't read english in script. >> reporter: at times bergdahl's thoughts seemed to waonder. several portions of the letters blocked out. words in letters oddly misspelled. in 2013 he wrote, if this letter