Episodes

Send us a text On December 7, 1971, Sarah writes from San Antonio and, for the first time, puts words to a feeling she can’t quite name — sleeplessness, worry, and a mind that won’t slow down as Christmas, pregnancy, and separation pile up around her. Dick writes from Vietnam the same day, steady and loving, focused on the future and the home they will soon make together. These two letters meet in the middle — between exhaustion and reassurance, worry and faith — capturing a moment when love ...

Send us a text On December 6th, 1971, Dick writes from Vietnam with quiet hope — sharing that he’ll be home no later than March 23, 1972, finally giving their family a clear countdown. Sarah, meanwhile, writes a ten-page letter from San Antonio overflowing with Christmas shopping, BX mishaps, pregnancy chaos, gossip, and love. She also receives their new china and crystal — pieces I still have today, survivors of Hurricane Andrew, carrying their history and hers. Together these letters paint ...

Send us a text It’s Sunday, December 5th, 1971 — one week after Sarah and Dick said goodbye in San Antonio. He’s back in Vietnam, stuck on alert, and she’s eight months pregnant, moving through a cold, quiet December day with friends, errands, and longing. Today’s letters show how deeply they miss each other — and include a small moment that surprised me when I first read it: Sarah asks about the spelling of my first name, explaining that either version would honor Dick’s mother, Mary Alice. ...

Send us a text On December 4, 1971, Sarah and Dick write from two very different emotional spaces — she, deeply pregnant and exhausted, needing reassurance; he, energized by dreaming ahead to their life after Vietnam. In these two letters, we see a young couple planning their future: money in the bank, a baby on the way, business opportunities waiting in Miami, and even the names picked out for the child growing inside her. Their love, even in distance, is building something real Support th...

Send us a text On December 3, 1971, just days after their Thanksgiving reunion, Sarah and Dick wake up in two different worlds again — she in San Antonio, pregnant and hurting; he in Vietnam, back on alert and lonelier than he lets on. Their three letters from this single day show the softest parts of their love: the ache of separation, the humor that keeps them afloat, and the feeling that they are never fully themselves until they’re together. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Thr...

Send us a text On December 2, 1971 — the first day of the final month of pregnancy — Dick writes from Vietnam and Sarah writes from San Antonio. The countdown home has finally begun, but the pain of saying goodbye is still sharp. These letters show what love looks like when hope and grief live together — hurting from the separation while holding on fiercely to the life waiting for them. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on...

Send us a text It’s Alabama–LSU weekend — the rivalry that runs deep in the South and, as it turns out, through generations of the Allgood family. In 1971, Sarah’s hosting a taco-party game night while Dick writes from Vietnam, worn down by the Air Force but counting the days until he’s home. Football, aspirin, tacos, and love — all part of the countdown to reunion. Support the show The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love is a personal podcast project based on real letters exchanged...