Appearing in "3: The Black Rifles"
Featured Characters:
- U.S. Marine Corps (Only in flashback)
- Second Lieutenant Frank Castle (Only in flashback)
- Fish (Main story and flashback)
- Chief Warrant Officer Gleed (Only in flashback)
- Molland (Main story and flashback)
- Sergeant Dryden (Main story and flashback)
- Corpsman Capa (Main story and flashback)
- Corporal Bago (Only in flashback)
- Staff Sergeant Donald (Only in flashback)
- Robbie (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed soldiers (Only in flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- U.S. Air Force (Only in flashback)
- Michael Goodwin (Voice only)
- U.S. Army (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Nathaniel Victor (People's Army of Vietnam) (Only in flashback)
- Captain Nguyen Van Cuong (Only in flashback)
- Colonel Letrong Giap (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed soldiers (Only in flashback)
- Charlie (Việt Cộng) (Only in flashback)
- Commander Ly Quang (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed soldiers (Death) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Green Berets (Mentioned)
- ARVN (Mentioned)
- NATO (Mentioned)
- U.S. Navy (Mentioned)
- Wong (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
Locations:
- Earth-200111 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Asia (Only in flashback)
- Vietnam (Only in flashback)
- South Vietnam (Only in flashback)
- Quang Tri Province (Only in flashback)
- Hill 861 (Only in flashback)
- Khe Sanh (Mentioned)
- Hill 861A (Mentioned)
- Hill 881N (Mentioned)
- Hill 881S (Mentioned)
- Khe Sanh Combat Base (Only in flashback)
- Chu Bai (Mentioned) (Destroyed)
- Saigon (Mentioned)
- Huế, Thừa Thiên–Huế Province (Mentioned)
- Da Nang (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Quang Tri Province (Only in flashback)
- South Vietnam (Only in flashback)
- Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Mentioned)
- Vietnam (Only in flashback)
- North America
- Africa (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- South America (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- Asia (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
Items:
- M16 rifles (Only in flashback)
- M2 Browning (Only in flashback)
- AN/PRC-25 (Only in flashback)
- Type 56 assault rifles (Only in flashback)
- M60 machine guns (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
- M14 rifles (Only in flashback)
Vehicles:
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Only in flashback)
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses (Only in flashback)
- Fairchild C-123 Providers (Only in flashback)
- M35 2½-ton cargo truck (Only in flashback)
Events:
- Vietnam War (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "3: The Black Rifles"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
• During the Tet offensive, death surrounded Lt. Castle’s platoon on all sides.
• How far would Frank go to protect his men? Especially when the danger came from the indifference of his commanders?
• And while Castle was engaged in the grind of war, a kindred spirit on the enemy’s side watched and waited.