When Trumpets Fade

Pvt. / Sgt. / Lt. David Manning

Warren 'Sandy' Sanderson

Medic Chamberlain

Sgt. Patrick Talbot

Lonnie

Doug Despin

Baxter

Lieutenant Colonel

Capt. Roy Pritchett

Lt. Terrence Lukas

Capt. Thomas Zenek

German Sergeant (as Frank Köbe)

Wounded Soldier

Driver Cpl. (as Matthew Ruston Cooney)

1st Sergeant (as Gy. Sgt. Brian Hicks USMC)

Radio Man (as Cpl. John Miller USMC)

News Footage Narrator

Himself (on reviewing stand) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Himself (on reviewing stand) (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Himself (on reviewing stand) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Voiceover (uncredited)

The red keystone unit patch signifies that Manning and the others are part of the The 28th Infantry Division. The 28th is a unit of the Army National Guard and is the oldest division-sized unit in the armed forces of the United States.

Steven Petrarca and Ron Eldard later appeared in Fathers and Sons (2005).

The film's memorial dedication reads: "This film is respectfully dedicated to the men who fought at the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in the Autumn of 1944."

The insignia of rank of the German sergeant leading his patrol is of a design not used by the German army.

There are several inaccuracies in the final combat sequence: 1) Lieutenant Manning takes his patrol out without informing his superiors - this could have resulted in him being charged with desertion in the face of the enemy; 2) medic Chamberlain is the bazooka man on this patrol. Real medics are unarmed except for perhaps a pistol, and they use these only in self defense; 3) the Browning Automatic Rifle and Thompson Submachine Gun used in these scenes emit weak popping sounds rather than the strong, solid sound of real ammunition.

Many of the uniforms and field gear items worn by the American soldiers are not of the type worn by the U.S. Army during World War II. They are probably Hungarian military issue, since the movie was filmed in Hungary.

Pvt. David Manning: I'm not gonna make it. I'm losing too much blood.

Pvt. David Manning: Baxter!

Lieutenant Colonel: Where's Lt. Lukas?