Clark Clifford as Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50

John Foster Dulles as Self (archive footage)

Georges Bidault as Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954

Harry S. Truman as Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)

George Coker as Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73

Walt Rostow as Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson

J. William Fulbright as Self - Senator

Randy Floyd as Self - Former Navy Captain

Charles Hoey as Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon

Jerry Holter as Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon

J. Edgar Hoover as Self (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy as Self (archive footage)

Stan Holder as Self - Former Corporal

Bobby Muller as Self - Former 1st Lieutenant

Daniel Ellsberg as Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.

William C. Westmoreland as Self - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68

Nguyen Van Tai as Self - Hung Dinh Village

Vo Thi Tu as Self - Hung Dinh Village

Vo Thi Hue as Self - Hung Dinh Village

Father Chan Tin as Self - Saigon

Diem Chau as Self - Editor, Trinh Bay Magazine

Hồ Chí Minh as Self (archive footage)

David Emerson as Self - Concord, Massachusetts

Mui Duc Giang as Self - Saigon

Edward Sowders as Self - Former Spec/5, Army Deserter

Lora Sowders as Self - Detroit

Barton Osborn as Self - Former Army Intelligence Officer, CIA

George Trendell as Self - Sergeant

Thich Lieu Minh as Self - An Quang Pagoda, Saigon

William Marshall as Self - Former Sergeant

George Patton IV as Self - Colonel

Duong Van Khai as Self - Refugee Outside Hung Dinh Village

Nguyen Ngoc Linh as Self - Chairman, Mekong Conglomerate

Michael V. Sulsona as Self - Former Sergeant

I. F. Stone as Self - Journalist (voice)

Eugene McCarthy as Self - Senator (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy as Self - Senator (archive footage)

Kay Dvorshock as Self - Bobby Muller's Girlfriend

Ngo Dinh Diem as Self (archive footage)

Nguyễn Khánh as Self - President of South Vietnam 1964-65

Maxwell Taylor as Self - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage)

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu as Self (archive footage)

Nguyen Thi Sau as Self - Former Political Prisoner

Ngô Bá Thành as Self - Political Prisoner (archive footage)

Mary Cochran Emerson as Self - Wife of David Emerson

Bob Hope as Self (archive footage)