Episodes

Send us Fan Mail February 29, 1972. Twenty-one days until Dick leaves Vietnam. A leap day. In 1972, it was just another day in the final stretch— a cold, a vaporizer, a restless baby, and letters moving back and forth across the world. But this date would come to carry more weight. For now, they are still here—young, in love, and counting down. Twenty-one days Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real letters exc...

Send us Fan Mail February 27, 1972. Twenty-three days until Dick leaves Vietnam. A quiet Sunday at home. Another day closer. There are baby routines, errands, and small decisions—but everything now lives inside the countdown. They’ve done this before. They counted down to Hawaii. They counted down to his leave home. But this one is different. This is the countdown that brings him home for good. Twenty-three days. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Lov...

Send us Fan Mail February 28, 1972. Twenty-two days until Dick leaves Vietnam. One more day—and he enters the final month of his tour. At home, it’s a full day—appointments, errands, baby routines, and small purchases that start to shape the life waiting for him. Overseas, it’s quieter. A day on alert. Time passing. They’re both counting now. And for the first time, it feels close enough to believe. Twenty-two days Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Lo...

Send us Fan Mail February 25, 1972. Twenty-five days until Dick leaves Vietnam. Another Friday. Another weekend apart. But after this one, only two more remain. The countdown is no longer abstract. It’s measured in weekends now. In routines. In nights spent alone. Two letters. One day. And the space between them is getting smaller 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...

Send us Fan Mail February 26, 1972. Twenty-four days until Dick leaves Vietnam. Another Saturday. Another weekend apart. Only three more to go. The countdown is tightening now — not just in days, but in weekends, in routines, in real life unfolding on both sides. Two letters. One day. And everything is moving forward. 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. S...

Send us Fan Mail February 23, 1972. Twenty-seven days until Dick leaves Vietnam. On the same day, Sarah writes from home with their newborn daughter, and Dick writes from Vietnam—both counting down, both moving toward the same moment. Two letters. One day. The final month continues. 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 Allgood during the Vietnam War....

Send us Fan Mail February 24, 1972. Twenty-six days until Dick leaves Vietnam. Three weeks from tonight, they believe they will finally be together for good. On this day, Sarah writes from home—managing the baby, the house, the money, and the countdown—while Dick writes from Vietnam, marking another day off the calendar and thinking about coming home. Two letters. One day. The end of separation is close Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal po...

Send us Fan Mail February 20, 1972. Thirty days remain. From Vietnam, Dick writes after a lazy day off alert, wondering if his daughter’s milk troubles came from him and counting down to the moment he boards the “big bird” home. In San Antonio, Sarah spends a slow Sunday with baths, laundry, doctor appointments, folded diapers, and a very awake baby at night. Thirty days Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real lette...

Send us Fan Mail February 21, 1972: Strollers, Smiles, and 29 More Days Description February 21, 1972. Twenty-nine days until Dick leaves Vietnam. Thirty until he is home. On opposite sides of the world, Sarah and Dick count down in different ways — one through flight schedules and alert days, the other through stroller walks, thank-you notes, sore muscles, and a baby just beginning to smile. This is the sound of a family almost back together. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam ...

Send us Fan Mail February 22, 1972. Twenty-eight days until Dick leaves Vietnam. On this same date, forty-eight years later, he would take his last breath. But in 1972, this was just another day in the final countdown — ham on rye in Bien Hoa, a new baby formula, a tiny hernia, late-night love notes, and two young parents missing each other fiercely. The last month continues. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real ...

Send us Fan Mail February 18, 1972. Thirty-two days. From Vietnam, Dick counts alerts, confirms his job with Bill Cobbs, and dreams about boarding the “big bird” home. In San Antonio, Sarah manages bloodwork, BX purchases, baby gear, birthday gatherings, and her very real sexual frustration. The move is being organized. The job is being confirmed. The reunion is no longer abstract. Thirty-two days. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast proje...

Send us Fan Mail February 19, 1972. Four more weekends. From Vietnam, Dick writes after an average alert day. He’s tired of the job. He’s ready for it to be over. He’s thinking about taxes, blenders, and the last weekends of separation. In San Antonio, Sarah spends a slow Saturday with a sleepy, peach-eating newborn and a growing sense that their baby already has a personality. Between a war zone and a quiet apartment, a family is forming Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Throu...

Send a text February 17, 1972. Three letters. One day. From Vietnam, Dick counts down in alert tours — nine remaining. Later that evening, he writes again, tired of slow mail and ready for the day when there are no more letters to write. In San Antonio, Sarah counts down differently — thirty-three lonely days, OB appointments, formula adjustments, crying babies, and weight lost on a strict diet. The same day. Two continents. One family preparing to live together instead of writing abo...

Send a text February 15, 1972. The day after Valentine’s Day. From alert duty in Bien Hoa, Dick writes about studying, planning Miami, and counting the days. From San Antonio, Sarah manages formula changes, vaporizers, laundry, dieting, and a newborn adjusting to the world. An ordinary Tuesday. And one day closer to coming home 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 Ca...

Send a text February 16, 1972. Thirty-four days remain. From Vietnam, Dick reassures Sarah about loyalty, counts down the days, and looks ahead to Miami and a new life for their family. In San Antonio, Sarah juggles visitors, strict dieting, exhaustion, and a growing concern about their newborn’s worsening reaction to formula. The countdown continues. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real letters exchanged between Capt. ...

Send a text February 13 and 14, 1972. Valentine’s Day arrives in the final stretch of waiting. Phone calls are planned. Diets are started. Slim-masters are rented. Bank checks are accounted for down to the penny. In these letters, Sarah writes from San Antonio about sore arms, baby formula, flowers, jealousy, and the ache of wanting her husband home. Dick writes from Vietnam about mail orders, movies, clean teeth, and the simple, steady fact that he loves his wife. Two letters from Sarah. Two...

Send a text February 10, 11, and 12, 1972. They’re “in the 30s now.” The countdown is no longer abstract. It’s measurable. Weekends are counted. Phone calls are planned. Flight dates are fixed. In these letters, Dick writes from Vietnam about briefings, poolside gin and tonics, and the simple ache of being homesick. Sarah writes from San Antonio about parties, exhaustion, jealousy, exercise machines, babysitters, and the complicated, messy, very human business of waiting. Three letters from D...

Send a text February 7, 8, and 9, 1972. As the countdown tightens, the letters grow more specific. Dates appear. Flights are assigned. The distance becomes measurable. In this episode, three days are grouped together — not to rush the story, but to stay with it. First, Sarah writes from San Antonio, living the long days of early motherhood, desire, exhaustion, friendship, and waiting. Then, Dick writes from Vietnam with the first concrete details of his journey home. Six letters. Thre...

Send a text February 4, 5, and 6, 1972. As February moves forward, the pace of the letters increases. Rather than rush through them or skip days, this episode brings together three days at a time — allowing the story to continue with integrity and momentum. First, Sarah writes from San Antonio — navigating early motherhood, exhaustion, hormones, friendships, routine, and longing. Then, Dick writes from Vietnam — marking days off, managing logistics, traveling between bases, and counting down ...

Send a text February 2, 1972. Dick writes from Vietnam after coming off alert, filling an ordinary day with meals, letters, and plans for R&R. Sarah writes from San Antonio, home with their newborn daughter, marking time through feeding schedules, soap operas, exhaustion, humor, and longing. Two letters. One ordinary day. Another step closer Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real letters exchanged between Capt. Rich...

Send a text February 3, 1972. Sarah writes from San Antonio with news for Dick — measurements, milestones, visitors, routines, and the early realization that their daughter is already growing fast. Dick writes from Vietnam after a day on alert, sharing small pieces of base life, gossip from home, and his constant pull toward his wife and daughter. Two letters. One ordinary day. A family learning how to live inside the waiting Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Lov...

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...