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| Mel Gibson | Lt. Colonel Hal Moore | |
| Don Duong | Lt. Colonel Nguyen Huu An | |
| Robert Bagnell | 1st Lieutenant Charlie Hastings | |
| Sam Elliott | Sergeant Major Basil Plumley | |
| Ryan Hurst | Sergeant Ernie Savage | |
| Greg Kinnear | Major Bruce Crandall | |
| Chris Klein | 2nd Lieutenant Jack Geoghegan | |
| Barry Pepper | Joe Galloway | |
| Keri Russell | Barbara Geoghegan | |
| Madeleine Stowe | Julie Moore | |
| Marc Blucas | 2nd Lt. Henry Herrick | |
| Josh Daugherty | Sp4 Robert Ouellette | |
| Jsu Garcia | Capt. Tony Nadal | |
| Jon Hamm | Capt. Matt Dillon | |
| Clark Gregg | Capt. Tom Metsker | 
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| Producer | Bruce Davey Gary Fleder | ||
| Writer | Randall Wallace Harold G. Moore | ||
| Cinematography | Dean Semler | ||
| Musician | Nick Glennie-Smith | 
|  | The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it. | 
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