Something in his past keeps career Army man John Paul Vann from advancing past colonel. He views being sent to Vietnam as part of the US military advisory force a stepping stone to promotion. However, he disagrees vocally (and on the record) with the way the war is being run and is forced to leave the military. Returning to Vietnam as a civilian working with the Army, he comes to despise some South Vietnamese officers while he takes charge of some of the U.S. forces and continues his liaisons with Vietnamese women.
Something in his past keeps career Army man John Paul Vann from advancing past colonel. He views being sent to Vietnam as part of the US military advisory force a stepping stone to promotion. However, he disagrees vocally (and on the record) with the way the war is being run and is forced to leave the military. Returning to Vietnam as a civilian working with the Army, he comes to despise some South Vietnamese officers while he takes charge of some of the U.S. forces and continues his liaisons with Vietnamese women. Show more »
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Col. John Paul Vann
Mary Jane Vann
Lee
Steven Burnett
Doug Elders
General Westmoreland
Captain Drummond
Ambassador
General Weyand
General Harkins
Annie
Colonel Dinh
Col. Huynh
Colonel Cao Huynh Van
Bomber Command
Picnic Lady (as Suzy Noel)
Office Manager
Reporter #1 (Nick)
Annie's Father (as Ching Peng Chaplin Chang)
School Teacher
Protocol Officer
Officer Tally
American GI
CIA Man
ARVN Captain
Bureaucrat Soldier
Sergeant Muek (as Abhijati Jusakul)
VC Leader (as Kawee 'Seng' Sirikhanerut)
Madame Nhu (as Kajie Kahn)
Major
Marriage Counsellor
Barmaid
Officer Conroy
Jesse Vann age 9
Patty Vann age 7
Peter Vann age 12
British Reporter
Vann's Cousin
General's Aide
Child's Mother
ARVN Translator (as Than Nguyen)
Lieutenant Tran Ngoc Ba
Vann's ARVN Driver
Army Sergeant
Housekeeper (as Samboon Putaroth)
Reporter #2 (Bobby)
Red Cross Man (as Philip Roope)
Jesse Vann age 19
American Commander
Vann's Helicopter Pilot (as Major Rob Szempruch)
VC Commander
Peasant (voice)
Pastor (as Grace Walker)
Terry Pike
Vann's Aide (as Christopher J. Webster)
Ron Dray
Mourner (uncredited)
Himself (reports on Ia Drang battle) (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Himself (sends troops to Vietnam) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Himself (shoots VC suspect) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Himself (during 1968 campaign) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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