FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Lionel Glen Butcher: Father (Chapter 1)
Georgia Neal Butcher: Mother (Chapter 1)
Delbert Butcher (Bub): Uncle (Chapter 1)
Jerome Butcher (Jerry): Brother (Chapter 1)
Richard Butcher (Dickie): Brother (Chapter 1)
Gloria Butcher Chandler Brannon: Sister (Chapter 1)
Joan Butcher Hissom: Sister (Chapter 1)
George Hissom (Corky): Brother-in-law (Chapter 1)
Russell Chandler: Brother-in-law (Chapter 1)
Mark Neal: Uncle and guardian (Chapter 1)
Jay Tilley: Uncle (Chapter 1)
Carolyn Williams: Spouse (Chapters 14)
Nicholas Younghans (Nic): Grandson (Chapter 14)
Robert Baker (Bob): High school friend (Chapters 1, 5)
Gordon Bostick: Middle school friend (Chapter 1)
Thomas Hill: High school teacher (Chapters 1, 7)
Fanny Cheung: International colleague (Chapter 4)
Kyunghee Han: Graduate student from Minnesota (Chapter 14)
Jee Young Lim: Graduate student from Minnesota (Chapter 14)
BASIC TRAINING
Gary Baker: Buddy from West Virginia (Chapter 2)
Sergeant Scarface*: NCO (Chapter 2,10)
STATESIDE DUTY WITH 82ND AIRBORNE
James Jude (Jim): Buddy from West Virginia (Chapter 2)
Sergeant Swedish**: First sergeant (Chapter 2)
Sergeant Wolf**: Platoon sergeant (Chapter 2)
Taras Zacharco: Buddy from Ohio (Chapter 2)
FAR EAST COMMAND: MILITARY AND CIVILIANS
Lieutenant Ferdinand Barger: Fox Company Executive Officer (Chapters 6–7)
Kon Do Baull (Moosemaid): ROK buddy, rifleman, KIA (Chapters 5, 10, 14)
Dale Barnhardt (Ziggy): Buddy from Wisconsin, ammunition carrier, KIA (Chapters 5–6, 10, 14)
Sergeant Bill ***: 2nd Division soldier on R & R (Chapter 9)
Corporal Buckley **: Medic on Jane Russell Hill (Chapter 4)
Lieutenant John Brandenberg: Fox Company CO (Chapters 6–7)
Sergeant Henry Casper: Fox Company platoon sergeant (Chapters 3–4)
Carlos Coleman: Buddy from West Virginia, machine gunner (Chapters 4–5, 9)
Raymond Daggett (Ray): Buddy from Rhode Island, radio man (Chapters 4, 8)
William Estes (Bill): Buddy from West Virginia, rifleman (Chapters 6, 8, 10, 12)
Lieutenant Robert Feiner: Fox Company Platoon leader (Chapter 6)
Frank Field (Vito): Buddy from Virginia, point man (Chapters 4–9, 12
Clark Gable*: ROK buddy, rifleman (Chapters 5, 6, 10)
Ronald Grasshold (Ron): Buddy from Wisconsin, radio man, KIA (Chapters 6, 12, 14)
Colonel William Hardick: Commander, 17th Infantry (Chapter 3)
Robert Huggins (Bob): Buddy from West Virginia, truck driver (Chapter 6)
Delbert Kenway (Del): Buddy from Texas, BAR**** man (Chapters 4, 6–8)
Private Kim**: ROK buddy on Jane Russell Hill, rifleman, KIA (Chapter 4)
Captain King**: Fox Company CO on Pork Chop (Chapter 7, 10)
Colonel Dong Koo Lee: ROK officer (Chapter 14)
Janis Krumins: Buddy from Wisconsin, BAR**** man, KIA (Chapter 11, 14)
Private Lee**: ROK buddy from Koje-do, KIA (Chapter 6)
Jerry Manning: Buddy, rifleman (Chapter 12)
Emmett Dale Moss: Buddy from Missouri, machine gunner, KIA (Chapters 5, 6–10, 12, 14)
William Marshall (Billy): Buddy from Virginia, rifleman (Chapters 5, 6, 10)
General S. L. A. Marshall: Author, historian who interviewed sol diers and wrote about Pork Chop Hill (Chapter 10)
Raymond Millsap (Ray): Buddy from Missouri, rifleman (Chapters 5–7)
Sepulveda Munoz: Buddy from Puerto Rico, rifleman Chapters 6, 10)
Myon-Hee***: Civilian on Koje-Do (Chapter 6)
Major Noble**: Battalion Executive Officer (Chapter 7)
Charles Otto: Buddy from South Dakota, BAR**** man (Chapter 6)
Lee Rogers: Fox Company platoon sergeant (Chapter 10)
Donald Schoen (Don): Buddy from Pennsylvania, rifleman (Chapters 4, 12)
Stanley Stinson (Stan): Buddy from Florida, platoon sergeant (Chapters 3, 8)
James Sullivan (Sully): Buddy, rifleman, KIA (Chapter 3–4)
Sumiko***: Civilian in Japan (Chapter 9)
Captain Vaughn**: Fox Company CO on Jane Russell Hill (Chapters 3–4, 7)
Michael Yancik (Mike): Buddy, rifleman (Chapters 3–4)
Yoshiko*: Civilian in Japan (Chapter 9)
Donald Zimdahl (Zimmy): Buddy from New York, rifleman, KIA (Chapters 6, 10, 14)
* Pseudonym
** First name unknown
*** Last name unknown
**** Browning Automatic Rifle