| CClark CliffordSelf - Aide to President Truman 1946-50 | Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50 |
| JJohn Foster DullesSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| GGeorges BidaultSelf - French Foreign Minister in 1954 | Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954 |
 Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 John F. KennedySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Richard NixonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| GGeorge CokerSelf - Prisoner of War 1966-73 | Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73 |
| WWalt RostowSelf - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson | Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson |
| JJ. William FulbrightSelf - Senator | Self - Senator |
| RRandy FloydSelf - Former Navy Captain | Self - Former Navy Captain |
| CCharles HoeySelf - U.S. Air Force, Saigon | Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon |
| JJerry HolterSelf - U.S. Air Force, Saigon | Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon |
 J. Edgar HooverSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Joseph McCarthySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| SStan HolderSelf - Former Corporal | Self - Former Corporal |
| BBobby MullerSelf - Former 1st Lieutenant | Self - Former 1st Lieutenant |
 Daniel EllsbergSelf - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp. | Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp. |
| WWilliam C. WestmorelandSelf - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68 | Self - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68 |
| NNguyen Van TaiSelf - Hung Dinh Village | Self - Hung Dinh Village |
| VVo Thi TuSelf - Hung Dinh Village | Self - Hung Dinh Village |
| VVo Thi HueSelf - Hung Dinh Village | Self - Hung Dinh Village |
| FFather Chan TinSelf - Saigon | Self - Saigon |
| DDiem ChauSelf - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine | Self - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine |
 Hồ Chí MinhSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| DDavid EmersonSelf - Concord, Massachusetts | Self - Concord, Massachusetts |
| MMui Duc GiangSelf - Saigon | Self - Saigon |
| EEdward SowdersSelf - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter | Self - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter |
| LLora SowdersSelf - Detroit | Self - Detroit |
