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The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love episodes
- January 27, 1972: Loving From Afar, Loving at Home
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Three 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.
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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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10 min - January 25–26, 1972: “56 Days and Open Arms”
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By 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.
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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
7 min - January 25–26, 1972: “The World’s Greatest Baby”
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By 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 time
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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 - January 22–24, 1972: Learning Motherhood in Real Time
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In 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.
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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
16 min - January 22–24, 1972: The Homestretch
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As 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 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
7 min - January 21, 1972: Holding a Family Across a War
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On 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 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
11 min - January 18–20, 1972: The First Few Days Alone
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In 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 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
17 min - January 18–20, 1972: Counting the Days-Dick
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In 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 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
11 min - January 15–17, 1972: Letters from Sarah
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In 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 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
11 min - January 15–17, 1972: Dick Writes to His Family
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In 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 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.
If you'd like to support the show and help keep these letters alive, visit: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2489476/support