Stars (in credits order)
Edward Herrmann
Narrator
Thomas J. Hudner
Self (USN, Medal of Honor)
Donald P. Gregg
Self
Bernard E. Trainor
Richard P. Hallion
Self (air force historian)
Edwin H. Simmons
Self (Director Emeritus, Marine Corps History)
Bernard Iammatteo
Self (veteran)
Edward J. Marolda
Self (naval historian)
Harry J. Maihofer
Self (author)
Raymond G. Davis
Self (USMC, Medal of Honor)
Harley J. Coon
Self (President, Korean War Veterans Association)
Cono Lombardi
Paul Stillwell
Bevin Alexander
Sherman W. Pratt
Rod Paschall
Self (editor, MHQ)
Al Ortiz
Self (US Army)
Jawaharlal Nehru
Self (with Mao and Chu Teh)uncredited,archiveFootage
Winston Churchill
Selfuncredited,archiveFootage
Joseph Stalin
Richard Nixon
Self (with Ike, receives Republican nomination)uncredited,archiveFootage
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Mao Zedong
Indira Gandhi
Self (with Nehru and Chou En-lai)uncredited,archiveFootage
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur
Omar N. Bradley
Il-Sung Kim
Mamie Eisenhower
Self (at Republican convention with Ike)uncredited,archiveFootage
Pat Nixon
Self (at Republican convention with Ike and Dick)uncredited,archiveFootage
Lewis B. Puller
Self (with MacArthur)uncredited,archiveFootage
Enlai Zhou
Clement Attlee
George C. Marshall
Kai-Shek Chiang
Dean Acheson
James Byrnes
Mark W. Clark
Self (signs truce agreement)uncredited,archiveFootage
Vyacheslav Molotov
Andrei Gromyko
William D. Leahy
Syngman Rhee
Teh Chu
Self (with Mao)uncredited,archiveFootage
Matthew B. Ridgway
James Van Fleet
Self (decorates Gloucester Regiment)uncredited,archiveFootage
Walton H. Walker
O.P. Smith
Self (USMC, with aides)uncredited,archiveFootage
Joseph W. Martin Jr.
Self (US Congressman, received letter from MacArthur)uncredited,archiveFootage
Turner Joy
Self (begins peace negotiations)uncredited,archiveFootage
William F. Dean