In this late-night letter dated May 21, 1971, Sarah Allgood writes to her husband, Capt. Richard “Dick” Allgood, from bed in San Antonio — too tired to get up, too in love to sleep. As she watches an old Robert Mitchum movie, she imagines Dick beside her, talks to his photo, and jokes about needing “an allotment for her husband” thanks to their private quarter bank pact.
It’s a letter full of physical yearning, quiet hope, emotional dependency, and deep humor. Sarah writes as only she can: blunt, funny, and open-hearted. And in her words to her “whittle chickie-dee,” we see just how much one woman can miss one man — and still find ways to love him through paper, across oceans.
This is Episode XX of The Allgoods: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Love, a podcast built from real letters exchanged between two Air Force sweethearts during the Vietnam War.
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