Narrator

Peter Coyote

Self - Marines (1969)

Karl Marlantes

Self - Army

Max Cleland

Self - N. Vietnamese Army

Bao Ninh

Self - S. Vietnamese Marines

Tran Ngoc Toan

Self - S. Vietnamese Army

Lam Quang Thi

Self - Marines (1967)

John Musgrave

Self - Hanoi

Duong Van Mai

Self - Army (1966)

Mike Heaney

Self - CIA

Donald Gregg

Self - S. Vietnamese Diplomat

Bui Diem

Self - Viet Minh

Dong Si Nguyen

Self - Viet Minh

Nguyen Van Tong

Self - OSS

George Wickes

Self - Viet Minh

Nguyen Thoi Bung

Self - CIA

Rufus Phillips

Self - Army (1968)

Vincent Okamoto

Self - Viet Minh

Le Quan Cong

Self - Pentagon

Leslie H. Gelb

Self - North Vietnam

Huy Duc

Self - Viet Minh

Nguyen Ngoc

Self - Army (1969)

Tim O'Brien

Self - Viet Minh

Le Cong Huan

Self - S. Vietnamese Army

Tran Ngoc 'Harry' Hue

Self - Marines (1967)

Roger Harris

Self - Army

Sam Wilson

Self - Army (1968)

Ron Ferrizzi

Himself - French General

Charles de Gaulle

Himself - S. Vietnamese Diplomat

Bui Diem

Himself - President of South Vietnam

Ngo Dinh Diem

Himself - Former President U.S.A.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Himself - Pentagon

Leslie Gelb

Himself - Former President U.S.A.

Lyndon Johnson

Himself - Former President U.S.A.

John F. Kennedy

Max Cleland

Self

Ben Kiernan

Self

Michael Nicholson

Self

Bob Simon

Self - Danville

Hal Kushner

Director

Lyndy Saville

Director

Ken Burns