Part 1 Choice: Xuan Vu's story - the French war; Nguyen Cong Hoan's story - coming of age in the South; Nguyen Thi Ty (Nguyen Cong Hoan's wife) - Hoan in prison; Trinh Duc's story - in the underground; Le Van Tra - leave-taking; Huong Van Ba - going north; Truong Nhu Tang - meeting uncle Ho; Tran Van Tra - uncle Ho's parting words; Hoang Huu Quynh - ten years to grow a tree; the venerable giac duc - Buddhists and Catholics the beginning; volunteers and conscripts - Nguyen Tan Thanh, Phan Thanh Long, Nguyen Van Hoang, Bui Van Binh, Nguyen Van Hung; Hoang Thien Loc - a Chinese in the north; Le Thanh - coming of age in the North; Nguyen Ngoc Oanh (Le Thanh's wife) - seamstress; Tran Xuan Niem - try to keep your faces intact; Nguyen Trong Nghi - our future selves. Part 2 Struggle: Xuan Vu's story - in the North; Nguyen Cong Hoan's story - in opposition; Nguyen Thi Ty (Nguyen Cong Hoan's wife) - assemblyman's wife; Trinh Duc's story - village chief; Le Thi Dau (Trinh Duc's wife) - Vietcong nurse; Nam Duc Mao - messengers of death; Han Vi - a single will; Hoang Huu Quynh - blood debt; Huynh Liem - life in the North; the bombing - Nguyen Van Mo - Hanoi under attack, Tran Van Truong - bombing in Haiphong, the capture of Commander Richard Stratton, Nguyen Van Thanh - antiaircraft battery, Van Anh - capturing an American pilot; the venerable giac duc - Buddhists and Catholics, the showdown; on the Ho Chi Minh trail - the Ho Chi Minh trail, Nguyen Danh - opening the Ho Chi Minh trail, Sau Thuong - the road to the motherland, Huong Van Ba - back down the trail; Vu Hung - the battle of Dong Xoai; the mine sappers - Nguyen Van Mo, Hoang Tat Hong, Van Cong Van, Captain Stuart Herrington - the American side; Nguyen Van Thich - VC assassin; Bui Van Tai - the B-52s; Tran Van Tra - comradeship. Part 3 Resolution: Xuan Vu's story - back to the South; Nguyen Cong Hoan's story - the communist assembly; Nguyen Thi Ty (Nguyen Cong Hoan's wife) - death in absentia; Trinh Duc's story - the purge.