1 | Dorothea | Lange | Photojournalist. |
| Fletcher | Roebuck | Military photographer. |
| Olivia James | Harper | War photographer. Jane's friend. aka: Liv. |
| Britt | | Woman who assisted Jane in the party. aka: Britty. |
| Jane | Tyler | Protagonist. Nashville reporter. |
| Charles | Harper | Liv's husband.The New York Daily Press editor-in-chief. |
2 | Ruth | Cowan | AP journalist. |
| Marie | Page | Reporter from Ladies' Home Journal. Jane's friend. |
| Margaret | Bourke-White | American photographer. |
| | Eisenhower | General. |
| Annette | Roberts | Nurse from Asbury Park. |
| Joey | | Annette's patient from Toms River. Deceased. |
| Mr. | Lugosi | Surgeon. Liv and Jane's new acquaintance. aka: The Count. |
| Robert | Capa | War photographer. |
| Frank | Scherschel | Photojournalist. |
| Ralph | Morse | Photojournalist. |
| Mr. | Stahlman | Owner of a Nashville banner. |
| Mrs. | Stahlman | Mr. Stahlman's wife. |
3 | | | Chateau de Vouilly - The US's first army press camp. |
| Edward (1) | | Fletcher's brother. |
| Elizabeth H. | Smythe | Fletcher's girlfriend. |
| Alexandrine | Hamel | A woman who provides homes to foreign journalists. |
| Matt | Halton | Canadian reporter. |
| Charles | Lynch | Canadian reporter. |
| Edward (2) | | Fletcher's co-worker. Deceased. |
| Ernest | Hemingway | Collier's reporter. |
| Martha | Gellhorn | Collier's reporter. Ernest's wife. |
| General | Macarthur | The five-star General. |
| Julien | Bryan | English photographer. Charles's former co-worker. |
| A.J. | Liebling | American journalist at the New Yorker. |
| Monk | Dickson | Correspondent. |
4 | Eleanor | Roosevelt | The President's wife. |
| Geoffrey | | Liv's brother. |
| Jerome | Neff | Grave registration staff. Jane's new acquaintance. |
| Thomas | Stahlman | Jane's former love. Mr. Stahlman's son. aka: Tommy. |
| Helen | Kirkpatrick | American war correspondent. Sole newspaper representative. |
| Jeanne | Bohec | Sharpshooter. |
| Mrs. | Shipley | Head of US immigration and naturalization. |
| Hank | Bend | Objector from Colorado Springs. |
| | Gerhardt | Military. |
| Iris | Carpenter | BBC correspondent. |
5 | Major Thomas | D. Howie | Commander at the 166th Infantry. Lead the attack on Saint Lo. |
6 | Catherine | Coyne | Journalist. |
| Cept | Cecily | Girl playing dice. Someone Jane met. |
| Emily | | Cept's friend. |
| Ella | | Emily's friend. A girl who hasn't spoken since her mother died. |
7 | Mrs. | Serle | A woman who lived on the servant's floor at Stahlmans. |
| Mrs. | Tyler | Jane's mother. |
8 | Wes | Gallagher | Associated press North African Bureau Chief. |
| General | Bradley | The commanding officer of the American troops. |
| Ernie | Pyle | Scripps-Howard columnist. |
9 | Sonia | Tomara | Journalist from the Italian Front. |
10 | John Stephen | Wever | Photojournalist. |
| Baron von | Flash | Gunner. aka: The Mighty Brit. |
11 | Bede | Irvin | AP photographer who died in war. |
12 | Lee | Miller | Photojournalist at the siege of St. Malo. |
| | | W-w-w-wobbly - The finest gun in Normandy. |
| Bill | Singleton | W-w-w-wobbly's gun teammate. |
| Willy | | Bill's gun teammate. |
| Wade | | Bill's gun teammate. |
| Walter | | Bill's gun teammate. |
| Warren | | Bill's gun teammate. |
13 | John | Macvane | BBC radioman. |
| Hal | Boyle | AP correspondent. |
| Oscar | Miller | Liv's friend. |
| Major Jerry | Papurt | The man Margaret hooked up with. |
14 | Andy | Rooney | Young American journalist. |
| Harry | Harris | Star and Stripes journalist. Andy's companion. |
| Bert | Barndt | Star and Stripes journalist. Andy's companion. |
| Pierre | Bourdan | French journalist who was captured at his car at Rennes. |
| Andre | Rabache | French journalist who was captured at his car at Rennes. |
| Piere | Gosset | French journalist who was captured at his car at Rennes. |
| Bill | Stringer | American journalist. Reuters photographer. |
16 | Dietrich | von Choltitz | General commander in Paris. |
| | Leclerc | French general. |
| Tom | Teanor | LA Times journalist. |
| Bruce | Grant | Chicago Times journalist. |
18 | Charles | Luizet | Leclerc's roommate. |
19 | General | der Luftwaffe | General in Paris. |
| Louis | Regamey | Agent-general for the Canadian National Railway. |
20 | Andrew | | Clarinet player. Fletcher's friend. |
| Janet | Flanner | New York columnist. |
| Charles | Collingwood | CBS reporter. |
21 | John | McVane | NBC reporter. |
| William | Shirer | American journalist from CBS. |
22 | Virginia | Irwin | St. Louis post-dispatch journalist. |
24 | Dickey | Chapelle | Photojournalist. |
| Mary | Alice | Jane's 3rd grade teacher. |
26 | General | Hobbs | Commanding officer in Germany. Fletcher's new acquaintance. |
27 | | Stewart | The military officer who talked to General Hobbs. |
| Captain | Sixberry | Fletcher's new acquaintance. |
| Bird | | Stewart's partner. Man who accompanied Jane to the caves. |
28 | Winston | Churchill | Prime minister. |
30 | Paul | Simons | Dutch soldier. |
| Smeets | Huynen | Woman who hides in the basement. |
32 | Josephine | Herbst | Journalist. |
34 | W. Eugene | Smith | Photojournalist. |
| Jeremy | James | Geoffrey's grandson. |
| Renny | | Geoffrey's sister. |