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“Cried Like a Baby Writing to You” — May 18, 1971
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In this letter dated May 18, 1971, Dick Allgood writes from Vietnam with deep vulnerability, reflecting on how hard it is to watch another man—Ray Hunter—prepare to go home for good. As Dick puts it, “I sure wish it were me.”
The letter begins gently—calling Sarah his “sweet wittle chick-a-dee”—but what follows is one of his most emotionally open reflections yet. He admits he used to be afraid to write about emotions, but now he pours himself out onto the page, confessing that he cried like a baby the night before while writing to her.
He longs for the nearness of home, of cooking breakfast in the nude, of the tiny things that made their love so real. And now, with the physical distance stretching on, he’s aching for connection.
“I love your sweetheart,” he writes. “Don’t ever get so lonely or frustrated that you think I am not the same person. I am being the most loving and true husband. I have not even thought about having a ‘strange piece.’ Nor do I intend to!!”
These words are more than wartime letters.
They’re unfiltered windows into a love that stayed honest, intimate, and anchored—no matter the distance.
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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