Red Phoenix

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Paul Bannerman — The U.S. secretary of state.

Congressman Ben Barnes — Democrat of Michigan, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Trade.

Admiral Thomas Aldrige Brown — Commander of Task Force 71, the U.S. Navy’s senior officer in the Korean theater.

Captain Marc Chadwick — A U.S. Army intelligence officer stationed in South Korea.

Captain Tony “Saint” Christopher — An Air Force F-16 pilot assigned to the 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Kunsan, South Korea.

Major Colin Donaldson — Executive officer, 1st Battalion of the 39th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Stationed at Camp Howze, near Tongduch’on, South Korea.

Dr. Blake Fowler — A staffer on the National Security Council, Washington, D.C.

First Lieutenant John “Hooter” Gresham — An Air Force pilot assigned to the 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Kunsan, South Korea. He is Captain Tony Christopher’s wingman.

Captain Doug Hansen — Military aide to General McLaren.

Captain J.F. Hutchins — Administrative assistant to 2nd Division civil affairs officer, assigned to command of a provisional infantry company.

Anne Larson — An Army civilian employee and computer expert working as supervisor of the logistics programming section at the U.S. Army’s Yongsan Base in Seoul, South Korea.

Captain Richard Levi, USN — Commander of the Spruance-class destroyer USS O’Brien.

Second Lieutenant Kevin Little — An ROTC graduate assigned to South Korea. Platoon leader of 2nd Platoon, A Company, 1st Infantry Battalion of the 39th Infantry Regiment.

General John Duncan McLaren — Commander Combined Forces, Korea. Commands all U.S. and South Korean forces.

Captain Matuchek — Commanding officer, A Company, 1st Battalion of the 39th Infantry Regiment.

Jeremy Mitchell — Administrative assistant to Congressman Ben Barnes.

Corporal Jaime Montoya — Radioman assigned to the provisional company commanded by Second Lieutenant Kevin Little.

Sergeant Harry Pierce — Platoon sergeant, 2nd Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion of the 39th Infantry Regiment.

George Putnam — The president’s national security adviser.

Admiral Philip Simpson — Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.

General Chang Jae-Kyu — A South Korean Army officer commanding the 4th Infantry Division.

Major Chon Sang-Du — An A-10 pilot in the South Korean Air Force.

Captain Lee — A South Korean combat engineering officer.

General Park — Chairman of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Second Lieutenant Rhee Han-Gil — A South Korean Army officer assigned as liaison officer to 2nd Platoon, A Company,1st Battalion of the 39th Infantry Regiment.

Captain Chae Ku-Ho — 1st Company, II Battalion, 91st Infantry Regiment.

Lieutenant General Cho Hyun-Jae — Originally assigned as commander of the North Korean II Corps, later promoted to Colonel Generaland command of the First Shock Army.

Senior Captain Chun Chae-Yun — The captain of DPRK Great Leader, a North Korean Kilo-class diesel submarine.

Major General Chyong Dal-Joong — Cho’s deputy commander, later promoted to Lieutenant General and command of the II Corps.

Lieutenant Sohn — Platoon Leader, Assault Group 2, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment.

Kim Il-Sung — General Secretary of the Korean Workers Party, President of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, commander in chief of the armed forces. Called the Great Leader, Kim Il-Sung is the aging and infirm absolute ruler of North Korea.

Kim Jong-Il — Called the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-Il is the son and heir apparent to Kim Il-Sung, the Great Leader.

Colonel Sergei Ivanovitch Borodin — A Soviet MiG-29 pilot heading up a training team in North Korea.

Captain Nikolai Mikhailovitch Markov — Captain of the Soviet Tango-class submarine Konstantin Dribinov.

Andrei Ivanovich Rychagov — Member of the Soviet Politburo and defense minister.