“For Once in My Life” — Friday, May 28, 1971
Send us a text It’s Friday, May 28, 1971, and Captain Dick Allgood, a U.S. Air Force rescue pilot on alert in Vietnam, writes to his wife Sarah with aching tenderness. He’s been reading The Seven Minutes—a racy novel that stirs memories of their intimacy—and he can’t help but tie its themes to the passion they share. With each passing day, he saves himself for her and dreams of fatherhood, asking how their “little baby” is coming along. Even as mail disruptions frustrate their connection, Dic...
It’s Friday, May 28, 1971, and Captain Dick Allgood, a U.S. Air Force rescue pilot on alert in Vietnam, writes to his wife Sarah with aching tenderness. He’s been reading The Seven Minutes—a racy novel that stirs memories of their intimacy—and he can’t help but tie its themes to the passion they share. With each passing day, he saves himself for her and dreams of fatherhood, asking how their “little baby” is coming along. Even as mail disruptions frustrate their connection, Dick’s devotion never falters. He closes with a line that captures the heart of this war-born romance: “For once in my life I have someone who needs me and someone who I need.”
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