Season 8
December 7, 1971: Too Much on Her Mind
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 a…
December 6, 1971: Only 100 Days to Go
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, pregn…
December 5, 1971: Sunday Without You
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 …
December 4, 1971: Dreaming of the Life We’re Building Together
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 b…
December 3, 1971: Alert Duty, Longing, and Letters Home
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…
December 2, 1971: Grieving the Goodbye, Counting Down to Home
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 toge…
November 4, 1971: Bama, LSU, and the Baby on the Way
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. Footb…