Cast of main charactersIn order of appearance
John Kowalski – Lead character from Detroit and protagonist – also called Polack.
Bill Sayers – Best friend of John Kowalski, Bill is from Tennessee. Buds since their first day in the Army.
Junior Brown – African American soldier from Detroit who takes John under his wing, helping him prepare for the field. John spends his first night at the firebase pulling guard duty with Junior and gets his first indoctrination to war. Junior also teaches him many valuable lessons during their time together.
Captain Fowler – Company commander of Alpha Company.
Lieutenant Ramsey – Leader of the First Platoon, also called “L-T”. He eventually develops pneumonia and is forced by the captain to leave the field.
Larry Nickels – Trained with both John and Bi
