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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...
Feb. 9, 2026
February 1, 1972: The Last Full Month
Send a text February 1, 1972. The first day of the last full month. Dick is still in Vietnam, flying rescue helicopters. Sarah is home in San Antonio with a newborn daughter. Only one letter today — from Sarah — written in the middle of early motherhood, desire, friendship, worry, and the ordinary business of building a life while waiting for a war to end. This is how February begins Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project bas...
Feb. 9, 2026
January 31, 1972: Ten Months In, Another One Knocked Off
Send a text January 31, 1972. The last day of the month. These are the final letters of January. Dick writes from Vietnam after receiving a stack of delayed mail, marking another month off his calendar. Sarah writes from home with a three-week-old baby, marking the same day through routine, weather, visitors, and the small details of daily life with a newborn. Two letters. One date. Both focused on the same thing: time moving forward, one day at a time. This episode closes the month o...
Jan. 30, 2026
January 30, 1972: Counting Time, Holding On
Send us a text January 30, 1972. Two letters written on a Sunday at the end of a long month. Sarah writes from home with a three-week-old baby, moving through loneliness, humor, exhaustion, money, and desire — marking time as January slips away. Dick writes from Vietnam, filling the hours, watching the calendar, and thinking about the wife and daughter waiting for him. Together, these letters show how love survives the days that don’t feel dramatic — just long Support the show The Allgoo...<…
Jan. 30, 2026
January 28, 1972: A Baby at Home, a Father Far Away
Send us a text January 28, 1972. Two letters written on the same day. Sarah writes from home, immersed in newborn care, errands, budgeting, and tentative steps back into the world — all with a baby in her arms. Dick writes from Vietnam, missing mail, passing time with friends, and thinking about the wife and daughter waiting for him. Together, these letters show what it looks like to build a family across distance: a mother holding daily life together at home, and a father loving from far aw…
Jan. 30, 2026
January 29, 1972: Love, Money, and Looking Ahead
Send us a text January 29, 1972. Two letters, written from opposite sides of the world. Sarah writes from home with a newborn, counting the days until her husband returns, talking candidly about exhaustion, intimacy, birth control, and the physical realities of becoming a family. Dick writes from Vietnam, rereading letters, watching the mail, and focusing on the practical details — finances, savings, and making sure his wife and daughter are taken care of. Together, these letters show how lo…
Jan. 30, 2026
January 27, 1972: Loving From Afar, Loving at Home
Send us a text Three letters written on the same day. Dick writes from Vietnam, thinking about his wife and a baby girl he has yet to meet. Sarah writes twice — once in the early morning hours after a feeding, and again at night, exhausted and full of love — narrating newborn life in real time. Together, these letters capture a family forming across distance: a father loving from afar, a mother loving at home, and a baby already at the center of everything. Support the show The Allgoods: V..…