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The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love
In 1971, two young Air Force veterans — Richard and Sarah Allgood — found themselves separated by the Vietnam War, yet connected through hundreds of heartfelt letters.Decades later, after their passing, their daughter discovered a preserved box of their correspondence: a story of love, family, coura...
Jan. 13, 2026
January 12–14, 1972: Women Writing Around Me
Send us a text In the days after her daughter’s birth, Sarah writes three letters from home — exhausted, joyful, overwhelmed, and fully inside motherhood. These letters are joined by one from her own mother, Gladden, writing to Dick from the middle of it all. Read together, they capture postpartum reality, fear carried quietly, and a family being held together by women while war continues in the background. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podca..…
Jan. 13, 2026
January 12–14, 1972: Letters from Dick
Send us a text In the week after his daughter is born, Dick writes three letters from Vietnam — steady, loving, and deeply present despite the distance. Read together, these letters show a man fully inside fatherhood: counting days, reshaping his routines, and writing not just to his wife, but into his daughter’s life. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real letters exchanged between Capt. Richard Allgood and Capt. Sarah A..…
Jan. 13, 2026
January 8, 1972: After I Was Born
Send us a text On January 8, 1972, Dick writes from Vietnam the day after his daughter is born — without knowing it yet. As the story crosses from waiting into arrival, the letters shift from imagining a child to writing into her life. This episode marks a turning point: the beginning of a woman learning her own origin story, one letter at a time. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real letters exchanged between Capt. Rich..…
Jan. 13, 2026
January 9–11, 1972: Writing to Me
Send us a text In the days immediately after his daughter’s birth, Dick writes three letters from Vietnam — the moment he learns the news, the quiet morning after, and the first days of fully knowing himself as a father. Read together, these letters trace the shift from shock to joy to settled love, written across war, distance, and time. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real letters exchanged between Capt. Richard Allgo..…
Jan. 13, 2026
January 10–11, 1972: Written on My Behalf
Send us a text In the days immediately after giving birth, Sarah writes two letters to Dick from home — exhausted, joyful, in pain, and fully inside motherhood. Read together, these letters capture the reality of early postpartum life and the first days of writing not just as a wife, but as a mother — often on her daughter’s behalf. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real letters exchanged between Capt. Richard Allgood and..…
Jan. 7, 2026
January 4, 1972: Almost Parents
Send us a text On January 4, 1972, Dick and Sarah write from opposite sides of the world as the waiting becomes unbearable. Dick is jittery, nervous, and desperate to know if they are parents yet, while Sarah—cold, exhausted, and in pain—shares the physical realities of late pregnancy and her hope that her doctor will induce labor. Together, these letters capture the final days before birth: love stretched tight with anxiety, practical worries colliding with overwhelming emotion, and two peo…