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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. 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..…
Jan. 27, 2026
January 25–26, 1972: “56 Days and Open Arms”
Send us a text By late January 1972, Dick is still in Vietnam — now stationed in Saigon at Tân Sơn Nhất — writing home as both a husband and a father. His daughter has been born, but he has yet to hold her. These two letters, written on January 25 and 26, capture the tenderness, longing, humor, and quiet ache of a man learning to be a father from across the world, counting down the days until he can finally come home. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a per..…
Jan. 27, 2026
January 25–26, 1972: “The World’s Greatest Baby”
Send us a text By late January 1972, Sarah is home alone with a newborn daughter, writing daily to her husband still in Vietnam. These letters from January 25 and 26 capture the texture of early motherhood — exhaustion, humor, vigilance, intimacy, and joy — as Sarah builds a life for their child while holding her marriage together 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. ..…