This letter from my mom, Sarah Allgood, was written on a Saturday in July 1971. She’s pregnant, missing my dad, and doing her best to make it through another weekend alone in San Antonio—while newlyweds lounge by the pool just outside her window.
She tells him about a dream that leaves her out of breath (yes, that kind of dream), shares a wild update from Tommy Anderson, and drops one of the most absurd gossip stories so far—including a clause that literally gives a woman ownership of her husband’s balls.
There’s fried chicken, rum and pineapple, a late-night movie marathon—and underneath it all, that steady, aching devotion that runs through every one of her letters.
She closes with a line I’ll never forget:
“Baby, don’t ever think I don’t need and miss you.”
And I believe her.
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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