Characters played by Kevin Bacon
Robert Sherrod - Time Magazine Correspondent
Characters played by Corbin Bleu
Eddie W. Robinson
Sgt. Dan Levin
Characters played by Patricia Clarkson
Marguerite Higgins - New York Herald Tribune Correspondent
Characters played by Kevin Connolly
Donald Sanborn
Pvt. Raymond Howell
Characters played by James Cromwell
Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift
Fleet Admiral William Halsey
Characters played by Blythe Danner
Elsa Maxwell - New York Post Columnist
Characters played by Viola Davis
Hortense Johnson - Arsenal Worker
Characters played by Jesse Eisenberg
Lt. Fiske Hanley
Sgt. Benjamin McKinney
Characters played by John Goodman
Capt. Edwin Simmons
Characters played by Tom Hanks
Narrator
Characters played by Neil Patrick Harris
1st Lt. David Hettema
Sgt. William Manchester
Characters played by Kevin Jonas
Mike Mervosh
Characters played by Justin Long
Corp. James R. Garrett
Sgt. John H. Morris
Characters played by Tobey Maguire
Pvt. George Strang
Characters played by Joseph Mazzello
Eugene B. Sledge
Characters played by Daran Norris
1940s Newscaster
Characters played by Wendell Pierce
Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
Characters played by Chris Pine
Hanson Baldwin - New York Times Military Editor
Sgt. Bill Reed
Characters played by Brad Pitt
Sgt. Bill Mauldin - Editorial Cartoonist Stars and Stripes
Characters played by William Sadler
Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
Characters played by Gary Sinise
Ernie Pyle - Scripps Howard News Service Correspondent
Characters played by Elijah Wood
Corp. Wilfred Hanson
Capt. John C. Chapin
Characters played by Paul McCrane
Kurt Vonnegut