Robert Conrad

as Maj. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington

Dirk Blocker

as Lt. Jerome "Jerry" Bragg

W.K. Stratton

as Lawrence "Larry" Casey

Jeff MacKay

as 1st. Lt. Donald French

Larry Manetti

as 1st. Lt. Robert Boyle

Dana Elcar

as Col. Thomas Lard

Robert Ginty

as Lt. T. Joseph "T.J." Wiley

Simon Oakland

as General Thomas Moore

John Larroquette

as 2nd Lt. Robert Anderson

James Whitmore, Jr.

as Capt. James "Jim" W. Gutterman