The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love
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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Episodes
361 episodes
February 22, 1972: 48 Years Later
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 co...
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Season 10
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Episode 22
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11:55
February 21, 1972: Strollers, Smiles, and 29 More Days
February 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 ...
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Season 10
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Episode 21
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9:57
February 20, 1972: Thirty Days and Dry Cereal
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...
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Season 10
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Episode 20
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10:12
February 19, 1972: Four More Weekends
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 se...
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Season 10
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Episode 19
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9:19
February 18, 1972: Big Bird and 32 Days
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 ...
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Season 10
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Episode 18
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10:32
February 17, 1972: Nine Alerts and Thirty-Three Days
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 le...
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Season 10
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Episode 17
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12:18
February 16, 1972: Thirty-Four Days
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 dieti...
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Season 10
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Episode 16
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13:05
February 15, 1972: Planning Daddy’s Homecoming
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 n...
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Season 10
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Episode 15
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11:39
February 13–14, 1972: Will You Be My Valentine?
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 w...
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Season 10
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Episode 14
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12:38
February 10–12, 1972: In the 30s Now
February 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 a...
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Season 10
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Episode 12
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17:59
February 7–9, 1972: The Days Are Numbered
February 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...
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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16:07
February 4–6, 1972: Three Days at a Time
February 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 ...
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Season 10
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Episode 6
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16:02
February 3, 1972: Off to a Growing Start
February 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,...
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Season 10
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Episode 3
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7:52
February 2, 1972: Another Day Closer
February 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 sch...
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Season 10
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Episode 2
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6:56
February 1, 1972: The Last Full Month
February 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 ...
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Season 10
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Episode 1
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7:51
January 31, 1972: Ten Months In, Another One Knocked Off
January 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 ...
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Season 9
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Episode 31
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8:54
January 30, 1972: Counting Time, Holding On
January 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. D...
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Season 9
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Episode 25
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8:17
January 29, 1972: Love, Money, and Looking Ahead
January 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 physica...
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Season 9
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Episode 24
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7:54
January 28, 1972: A Baby at Home, a Father Far Away
January 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 ma...
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Season 9
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Episode 23
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8:17
January 27, 1972: Loving From Afar, Loving at Home
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 ful...
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Season 9
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Episode 22
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9:48
January 25–26, 1972: “56 Days and Open Arms”
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, cap...
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Season 9
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Episode 21
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6:40
January 25–26, 1972: “The World’s Greatest Baby”
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 — a...
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Season 9
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Episode 20
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12:54
January 22–24, 1972: Learning Motherhood in Real Time
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.
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Season 9
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Episode 19
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15:57
January 22–24, 1972: The Homestretch
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, h...
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Season 9
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Episode 18
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6:49
January 21, 1972: Holding a Family Across a War
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 longe...
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Season 9
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Episode 17
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10:37