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- February 23, 1972: Twenty-Seven Days and Counting
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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.
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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. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
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13 min - February 22, 1972: 48 Years Later
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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.
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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. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodslove
Visit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com
12 min - February 21, 1972: Strollers, Smiles, and 29 More Days
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February 21, 1972: Strollers, Smiles, and 29 More Days
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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.
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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. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodslove
Visit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com
10 min - February 20, 1972: Thirty Days and Dry Cereal
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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
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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. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodslove
Visit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com
11 min - February 19, 1972: Four More Weekends
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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
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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. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodslove
Visit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com
10 min - February 18, 1972: Big Bird and 32 Days
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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.
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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. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodslove
Visit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com
11 min - February 17, 1972: Nine Alerts and Thirty-Three Days
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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 about it.
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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. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodslove
Visit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com
13 min - February 16, 1972: Thirty-Four Days
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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. 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/theallgoodslove
Visit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com
14 min - February 15, 1972: Planning Daddy’s Homecoming
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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 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/theallgoodslove
Visit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com
12 min - February 13–14, 1972: Will You Be My Valentine?
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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 from Dick.
And a Valentine’s Day marked not by roses — but by distance measured in the 30s
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. Photos of the original letters, family snapshots, and behind-the-scenes commentary are available for supporters.
Support the show:https://buymeacoffee.com/theallgoodslove
Visit the official website: https://www.theallgoodslove.com
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About The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love
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In 1971, two young Air Force veterans — Richard and Sarah Allgood — found themselves separated by the Vietnam War, yet connected through hundreds of heartfelt letters.
Decades…
later, after their passing, their daughter discovered a preserved box of their correspondence: a story of love, family, courage, and hope written one letter at a time.
The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love shares these personal letters, weaving a timeless narrative of war, separation, and enduring devotion. Join us as we honor their legacy and explore how even in the hardest times, love finds a way.
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