Non-Family Characters – In Order of Appearance
Bo – Tung’s childhood friend
Vi – Tung’s childhood friend
Bang – Que’s seasonal worker
Father Thang – Mai Dong’s parish priest
Sergeant Phi – Uncle Bach’s colleague
Monsieur Pierre – Uncle Bach’s colleague
Anne Le Petit, Janine Le Petit and Paulette Le Petit – Monsieur Pierre’s children
Van – Bo’s Father
Father Vo – Priest in Phu Tho
Mr. Vinh – Tung’s boss at Alpha Radio
Chinh – Tung's colleague at Alpha
Hao – Tung's colleague at Alpha and later assistant to Minister of Finance
Mr. Hanh – Tung's boss at the USIS
Mr. Smith – CIA operative
Nhung – Tung’s colleague at USIS
Cong – Tung’s colleague at USIS
Mr. Tang – Tung's Chinese neighbor in Phu Tho
Xuan – Young clerk at the American Receiver Station and Ba Queo
Doung – Tung colleague at the American Receiver Station and Ba Queo
Sergeant Nhat – Tung’s boss at Ba Queo
Lieutenant Friedman – Tung’s boss at Long Binh, 1966-67
Father Dinh – Responsible for the Ngu Phuc Orphanage
Private Varas – Australian engineer
Corporal Lefferts – U.S. Army Rifleman
Father Xien – Priest in Ho Nai
Lieutenant Harmison – Tung's boss at Long Binh, 1970-71
Mr. Nguyen – Tung's neighbor in Ho Nai
Lieutenant Higgs – Tung's boss at Long Binh, 1971-72
Lieutenant Reidy – Tung's boss at Long Binh, 1972-73
Father Thai – Colleague of Father Dinh
Truc – Fisherman
Khoi – Vung Tau Chief of Police
Father Sheedy – Priest in Lakeland, Florida
Judy – Father Sheedy's Secretary
Tony Lencioni – Tung's U.S. sponsor
Mitch Collier – Nga's husband
Historical Figures - Alphabetical
Abrams, General Crighton – Commander of U.S. forces, 1968-73
Acheson, Dean – U.S. Secretary of State, 1949-53
An, Pham Xuan – Journalist and VC spy
Bao Dai – Emperor
Blum, Robert – Head of U.S. Education and Cultural Affairs Mission
Bumgardner, Everett – USIS Officer
Bundy, William – Assistant Secretary of State in the Johnson Administration
Buttinger, Joseph – Historian and adviser to Diem
Caputo, Philip – Lieutenant, U.S. Marines
Chupik, Steve – Lieutenant, U.S. Marines
Clifford, Clark – U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1968-69
Conein, Lucien – CIA Officer
Confucius – Chinese philosopher
Cronkite, Walter – American broadcaster
De Castries, General Christian – French commander at Dienbienfu
De Lattre, General Jean – French commander, 1950-51
De Rhodes, Alexander – French missionary
Diem, Ngo Dinh – President of South Vietnam, 1956-63
Dinh, General Ton That – Participant in the 1963 coup
Don, General Tran Van – Co-leader of the 1963 coup
Duc, Thich Quang, Buddhist monk
Dulles, John Foster – U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-59
Dung, General Van Tien – North Vietnamese Army commander, 1972-75
Fitzgerald, Frances – Journalist
Franklin, Robert – Radio Officer, USIS
Giap, General Vo Nguyen – 1946-72
Goldwater, Barry – U.S. Senator
Haig, Alexander – Deputy National Security Adviser, 1969-72
Hinh, General Nguyen Van – Leader of the 1954 coup attempt
Humphrey, Hubert – U.S. Vice President, 1965-69
Hung, Nguyen Tien – Minister of Economic Development and Planning, 1973-75
Kahin, George – Academic and Vietnam War critic
Kennedy, President John F. – U.S. President, 1961-63
Kennedy, Robert F. – U.S. Attorney General, 1961-64
Khanh, General Nguyen – President of South Vietnam, 1964-1965
Khiem, General Tran Thien – Co-leader of the 1964 coup
Kim, General Le Van – Co-leader of the 1963 junta
King Jnr, Martin Luther – American Civil Rights Leader
Kissinger, Henry – National Security Advisor, 1969-75
Ky, General Nguyen Cao, Prime Minister of South Vietnam, 1965-67
Martin, General Maurice – French commander during Japanese invasion
Minh, Ho Chi aka Quoc, Nguyen Ai aka Cung, Nguyen Sinh – Communist leader, 1941-69
Navarre, General Henri – French commander, 1953-54
Nha, Vu Ngoc – Presidential adviser and VC spy
Ngo, Van Xuyet – Writer and Trotskyist
Nhu, Le Xuan – Wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu, Ngo Dinh – Diem’s brother and leader of the Can Lao Party
Nixon, Richard – U.S. President, 1969-74
Lansdale, Edward – CIA Officer
Loan, General Nguyen Loc – Saigon Chief of Police
Lodge, Henry Cabot – U.S. Ambassador, 1963-64, 1965-67
Lu, The – Vietnamese poet
Luyen, Ngo Dinh – Diem's brother and Ambassador to the U.K.
McNamara, Robert – U.S. Secretary of State, 1961-1968
Martin, Graham – U.S. Ambassador 1973-75
Maseur, Matthew B. – Historian
Minh, General Duong Van aka Big Minh – Co-leader of the 1963 coup
Pham, Andrew X. – Writer
Pham, Quynh – Government Minister under Bao Dai
Phuong, General – Cao Dai Officer
Robertson, Walter – Assistant Secretary of State for Far-Eastern Affairs, 1953-59
Roosevelt, Franklin D. – U.S. President, 1933-45
Russell, Richard – U.S. Senator
Scott, James C. – Anthropologist
Shriver, Sargent – Political Adviser to President Johnson
Sihanouk, Norodom – Cambodian leader
Soai, Tran Van – Hoa Hao warlord
Stalin, Josef – Soviet leader, 1922-52
Thao, Pham Ngoc – ARVN Colonel and VC spy
The, General – Cao Dai Officer
Thieu, Nguyen Van – President of South Vietnam, 1965-75
Tho, Le Duc – North Vietnamese negotiator
Thuc, Ngo Dinh – Diem’s brother and Archbishop of Hue
Toai, Doan Van – Anti-Government Activist and Writer
Truman, Harry – U.S. President, 1945-53
Tu, Nguyen – Journalist
Van der Kroef, Justus M. – Political Scientist
Vann, John Paul – Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Westmoreland, General William – Commander of U.S. forces, 1963-1968
Weyand, General Frederick – U.S. Commander of Saigon, 1968
Wilson, Woodrow – U.S. President, 1913-21
Zedong, Mao – Chinese Communist Party Chairman, 1949-1976