August 13, 1971: Miami Sun, Love Letters, and Counting Down to Hawaii
Send us a text On Friday the 13th, with just 26 days until their R&R in Hawaii, my parents exchanged two letters filled with humor, longing, and the small details that made their love story so vivid. My mom, writing from Miami, shares her days with Teri, Judy, and Bill Cobbs — shopping trips, a Miami Dolphins game against the San Francisco 49ers, and party plans. My dad, writing from Vietnam, jokes about “unmarried men and their lovers,” counts the “quarters” of love between them, and can...
On Friday the 13th, with just 26 days until their R&R in Hawaii, my parents exchanged two letters filled with humor, longing, and the small details that made their love story so vivid. My mom, writing from Miami, shares her days with Teri, Judy, and Bill Cobbs — shopping trips, a Miami Dolphins game against the San Francisco 49ers, and party plans. My dad, writing from Vietnam, jokes about “unmarried men and their lovers,” counts the “quarters” of love between them, and can’t wait to feel their baby kick. These letters are two halves of the same day — a window into their world as the countdown to reunion grows shorter.
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 Allgood during the Vietnam War. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
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