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