The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love

Send us Fan MailMarch 15, 1972.Five days until Dick leaves Vietnam.This is the final letter.After nearly a year of writing—through distance, time, and everything in between—this is the last one.The next time they connect, it won’t be through the mail.It will be in personSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 14, 1972.Six days until Dick leaves Vietnam.This is it.The final letters.Dick writes from Vietnam on his last day of alert, beginning the final steps home. Sarah writes from home, knowing these are the last words they will send across the distance between them.The next time they speak—it won’t be through lettersSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 13, 1972.Seven days until Dick leaves Vietnam.Now it’s measured in days.Dick writes from Vietnam after a long, emotional stretch—finishing his final alert and preparing to leave. Sarah writes from home, feeling the closeness of it all, watching their baby grow, and counting down in her own way.One more week.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailEight days until Dick leaves Vietnam.Now it’s not just close—it’s immediate.Sarah writes from home, feeling the shift in her body and her mind as the days narrow down. The waiting is almost over. The distance is almost gone.They are about to be together again.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 11, 1972.Nine days until Dick leaves Vietnam.The days are still heavy—but they’re moving.Sarah writes from home, pushing through exhaustion, physical recovery, and doing everything on her own. Dick writes from Vietnam, finishing his final days on alert and preparing to leave.They are almost thereSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 9, 1972.Eleven days until Dick leaves Vietnam.Now the days start to feel different.Faster.Shorter.Closer together.Dick writes from Vietnam after coming off alert, trying to pass the time while the final days move forward. At home, Sarah is waiting—measuring the distance in phone calls, letters, and everything that still has to happen before he walks through the door.They are almost thereSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 8, 1972.Twelve days until Dick leaves Vietnam.Now it’s no longer measured in weeks.It’s days. Alerts. Flights. Plans.Sarah writes from home—preparing her body, her home, and their life for his return. Dick writes from Vietnam, counting down his final alerts and imagining the moment he walks through the door.They are almost thereSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 7, 1972.Thirteen days until Dick leaves Vietnam.The countdown sharpens.Sarah writes from home, marking time in shorter increments now—phone calls, days, and the moment he will finally be on his way home. Dick writes from Vietnam about the final stretch, the last alerts, and the life waiting for him on the other side of it.They are close enough now to picture it.And still just far enough away to feel it.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 6, 1972.Fourteen days until Dick leaves Vietnam.At home, Sarah holds her newborn daughter close—watching her sleep, noticing every detail, and feeling how quickly attachment takes hold.Across the world, Dick looks at photographs of the life waiting for him, counting down the final steps that will bring him home.They are still apart.But the connection between them—and the life they’ve created—is already fully formed.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 5, 1972.Fifteen days until Dick leaves Vietnam.Another weekend passes—one of the last they will spend apart.Dick writes from Vietnam about the final stretch, the life he’s ready to leave behind, and the family waiting for him at home. Sarah writes from home about loneliness, desire, and the anticipation of finally being together again.They are still separated.But now they are counting the last weekends.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 4, 1972.Sixteen days until Dick leaves Vietnam.The countdown continues, but now it feels immediate.Dick writes from Vietnam about the final stretch—finishing alert duty, making small preparations, and thinking about the flight that will take him home. Sarah writes from home about getting ready in her own way—buying baby essentials, navigating small spaces filled with new life, and imagining what it will take to build a home for three.They are not just waiting anymore.They are preparing.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 3, 1972.Seventeen days until Dick leaves Vietnam.A phone call finally connects them—clear, immediate, almost as if the distance has collapsed for a moment.Dick writes from Vietnam about waiting, timing his departure, and counting the final days. Sarah writes from home after hearing his voice, describing the rush of it, the loneliness that follows, and the life she is holding together with a newborn, friendships, and relentless honesty.They are closer than ever.And somehow, the distance feels sharper because of it.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 2, 1972.Nineteen days until Dick leaves Vietnam.The countdown continues, but these letters are no longer only about missing each other.Dick writes from Bien Hoa about shipping belongings to Miami, finishing out-processing, and counting the final days. Sarah writes from home about baby Cissie, bills, errands, an empty side of the bed, and all the conversations they’ll soon be able to have face to face.They are already imagining what comes next.They are planning a life after the waitingSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailMarch 1, 1972.Twenty days until Dick leaves Vietnam.The final month begins.Sarah writes from home with baby Cissie — doctor visits, sunshine, baby clothes, errands, and the daily work of caring for a child alone. Dick writes from Vietnam, trying to place a phone call, making plans for the move ahead, and counting every remaining day.For a father who has not yet held his daughter, twenty days is both a lifetime and almost no time at all.After a pause in this project, we return where we belong — in the letters.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 daysSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 daysSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 smallerSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 closeSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 21, 1972: Strollers, Smiles, and 29 More DaysDescriptionFebruary 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 showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 daysSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 formingSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 about it.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 homeSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 from Dick.And a Valentine’s Day marked not by roses — but by distance measured in the 30sSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 Dick.Two from Sarah.And a growing sense that the end of distance is getting closer.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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.Three days.And the beginning of an ending.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 toward home.Six letters.Three days.Two lives moving steadily toward the same reunion.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 waitingSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 closerSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailFebruary 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 beginsSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailJanuary 31, 1972.The last day of the month.These are the final letters of January.Dick writes from Vietnam after receiving a stack of delayed mail, marking another month off his calendar. Sarah writes from home with a three-week-old baby, marking the same day through routine, weather, visitors, and the small details of daily life with a newborn.Two letters. One date.Both focused on the same thing: time moving forward, one day at a time.This episode closes the month of January in this project.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailJanuary 30, 1972.Two letters written on a Sunday at the end of a long month.Sarah writes from home with a three-week-old baby, moving through loneliness, humor, exhaustion, money, and desire — marking time as January slips away. Dick writes from Vietnam, filling the hours, watching the calendar, and thinking about the wife and daughter waiting for him.Together, these letters show how love survives the days that don’t feel dramatic — just longSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailJanuary 29, 1972.Two letters, written from opposite sides of the world.Sarah writes from home with a newborn, counting the days until her husband returns, talking candidly about exhaustion, intimacy, birth control, and the physical realities of becoming a family. Dick writes from Vietnam, rereading letters, watching the mail, and focusing on the practical details — finances, savings, and making sure his wife and daughter are taken care of.Together, these letters show how love survives in the details: planning, waiting, and looking ahead to a life they’re about to begin together.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailJanuary 28, 1972.Two letters written on the same day.Sarah writes from home, immersed in newborn care, errands, budgeting, and tentative steps back into the world — all with a baby in her arms. Dick writes from Vietnam, missing mail, passing time with friends, and thinking about the wife and daughter waiting for him.Together, these letters show what it looks like to build a family across distance: a mother holding daily life together at home, and a father loving from far awaySupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailThree letters written on the same day.Dick writes from Vietnam, thinking about his wife and a baby girl he has yet to meet.Sarah writes twice — once in the early morning hours after a feeding, and again at night, exhausted and full of love — narrating newborn life in real time.Together, these letters capture a family forming across distance: a father loving from afar, a mother loving at home, and a baby already at the center of everything.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailBy late January 1972, Dick is still in Vietnam — now stationed in Saigon at Tân Sơn Nhất — writing home as both a husband and a father. His daughter has been born, but he has yet to hold her. These two letters, written on January 25 and 26, capture the tenderness, longing, humor, and quiet ache of a man learning to be a father from across the world, counting down the days until he can finally come home.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailBy late January 1972, Sarah is home alone with a newborn daughter, writing daily to her husband still in Vietnam. These letters from January 25 and 26 capture the texture of early motherhood — exhaustion, humor, vigilance, intimacy, and joy — as Sarah builds a life for their child while holding her marriage together one letter at a timeSupport the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailIn these letters from January 22 through 24, 1972, Sarah Allgood writes from San Antonio as a brand-new mother, learning in real time how to care for her newborn daughter while waiting for her husband to come home from Vietnam.These are not polished reflections — they are raw, funny, exhausted, loving dispatches from the middle of early motherhood.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailAs Dick Allgood moves into the final stretch of his deployment, his letters begin to shorten and compress — full of longing, routine, and quiet anticipation.Across three days in January 1972, we hear a man counting the days, holding his family together from a war zone, and slowly beginning to adjust to life as a father he can’t yet hold his daughter.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailOn January 21, 1972, Sarah and Dick Allgood write to each other from two different worlds — one from home with their newborn daughter, and one from Vietnam, counting down the days until he can finally return.These are no longer letters between two people imagining a family.They are letters from two parents holding one together — across a war.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailIn the days after her mother leaves and she is alone with her newborn for the first time, Sarah writes three letters to Dick — tender, anxious, practical, funny, and deeply in love. Read together, these letters capture a young mother learning how to manage on her own: grief at separation, the loneliness of the first days, the discipline of routine, the fierce focus on her baby, and the steady countdown toward the day her husband finally comes home.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailIn the days after his wife is alone with their newborn for the first time, Dick writes three letters from Vietnam — affectionate, practical, protective, and steadily counting the days until he comes home. Read together, these letters show a man already turning his life back toward his family: managing money, planning the move, worrying about recovery, thinking about friends, and holding fast to the idea of home as the only thing that truly matters.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailIn the days just after her daughter’s birth, Sarah writes four letters to Dick — candid, funny, hormonal, exhausted, practical, and deeply loving. Read together, these letters capture early motherhood in real time: physical recovery, desire returning, emotional swings, boundary-setting, and the steady work of holding a family together while her husband remains in Vietnam.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com

Send us Fan MailIn the days following his daughter’s birth, Dick writes three letters from Vietnam — steady, protective, and deeply anchored in love. Read together, these letters show a father fully formed: reassuring his wife, responding to fear and exhaustion, and counting the days until he comes home to his family for good.Support the showThe 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.Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodsloveVisit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com