Editing War and Remembrance (section)

====The Henrys====
[[File:USS Northhampton (CA-26) August 23 1935.jpg|right|thumb|upright=.8|''USS Northampton 1935''.]]
* '''Victor "Pug" Henry''' — the main protagonist, becomes captain of the heavy cruiser {{USS|Northampton|CA-26|6}} after his prospective command, the battleship {{USS|California|BB-44|6}}, is sunk at [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Pearl Harbor]]. He commands the ship until late 1942, when at the [[Battle of Tassafaronga]] the cruiser is sunk by Japanese long-range torpedoes. Henry is not faulted for the loss of his ship, but instead of receiving another naval command at once, is sent back to the [[Soviet Union]] to observe the effects of [[Lend-Lease]]; he observes the [[Siege of Leningrad]] and the privation of the Soviet home front. From there, he is used by [[Harry Hopkins]] as an observer. In the novel, he assists in the [[Tehran Conference]] of 1943, and then serves as a troubleshooter for [[landing craft]] production. In this capacity, he travels to [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee]], and is forced to work with Colonel Harrison (Hack) Peters, his rival for Rhoda's love.

:Henry is promoted to [[rear admiral]] in early 1944. During this period, Rhoda obtains a divorce and Henry is able to marry Pamela. He does not do so until after he takes part in the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] as a battleship division commander with his flag in {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}}. He serves directly under Admiral [[William Halsey]].  The novel goes into this battle in greater detail than does the miniseries, including discussion of the most commonly perceived of Halsey's operational mistakes.

:Victor marries Pamela in April 1945. Upon the death of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]], President [[Harry S Truman]] makes him his naval aide.

:Victor is a straightforward, honest man, which gains him the respect of political leaders such as Roosevelt and Hopkins, and the admiration of Hack Peters.

:The novel notes that Henry retired from the Navy and lived in [[Oakton, Virginia]] (near Washington) after the war. He spent part of his retirement translating Armin von Roon's book, and from his notations and commentary, he can be deduced to still be alive as of 1973.

:According to his notations and commentary of Roon's book, Henry retired as a [[vice admiral]]. However, there is no mention as to whether he was actually promoted to vice admiral and given a new assignment after his tenure as President Truman's naval aide prior to his retirement or if he was a "tombstone admiral". (Upon retirement, a flag officer is promoted 1 grade in rank if that officer received a commendation for their performance in combat. The flag officer will receive the retirement pay and benefits of the actual lower rank but is authorized to use the higher title in correspondence, on business cards, on their uniforms if they have a need to wear their old uniform, and--more to the point of the nickname--on their tombstones. This practice was abolished in 1959. In Pug's case he would receive the retirement pay and benefits of a rear admiral although he is called Vice Admiral.)

* '''Rhoda Henry''' — The war, and their time apart, puts a strain on Victor Henry's marriage to Rhoda. She ends her relationship with Palmer Kirby, only to fall in love with Harrison "Hack" Peters, an army colonel. Both the novel and the miniseries show her drinking problem getting worse.
* '''Warren Henry''' — Victor's elder son continues to serve as a [[naval aviator|naval pilot]] until his death on the last day of the [[Battle of Midway]]. He scored a hit on one of the Japanese carriers in the first day of the battle and his rear gunner damaged one Zero. His death affects the Henrys deeply. Victor's thoughts parallel the lament of King David for his son, Absalom.
* '''Byron Henry''' — Victor's younger son starts the war as an officer on the fictional submarine USS ''Devilfish''. When the captain, Branch Hoban, breaks down under the strain of an attack, the executive officer, Carter "Lady" Aster takes over and leads the attack. Aster becomes commander of the boat, with Byron his [[executive officer]]. While on leave in Hawaii, Byron is aware that Janice, his brother's widow, is acting strangely. He does not know that she is having an affair with Aster.

:Byron wants to see Natalie; when possible, he wangles duty in the European theater. He serves as a courier to the U.S. mission to [[Vichy France]] and tries to get Natalie to leave with him. She refuses on the grounds that while they were able to cross Poland in a war in 1939, they did not have Louis, their infant son, at the time. Byron and Natalie agree that Natalie and Louis and Aaron should wait to get a passport from the U.S. consulate in [[Marseille]] while Byron travels directly to [[Lisbon]] and books a room. Byron arrives in [[Portugal]] just as [[Operation Torch]] begins, and the plan has to be scrapped.

:Byron returns to the Pacific theater and rejoins Aster on the fictional submarine USS ''Moray''. Aster is severely wounded while on deck during an air attack and to save the boat, orders Byron to submerge without him. (This event is based on the death of Commander [[Howard W. Gilmore]] of the {{USS|Growler|SS-215}} on February 7, 1943. Gilmore was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]).  Byron is later awarded command of the USS ''Barracuda''.

:As a [[United States Navy Reserve|Naval Reservist]], Byron has mixed feelings about his role in the war. He is competent, but doesn't enjoy fighting. However, in one engagement, he is forced to surface and fight a battle against a Japanese destroyer. When told he will win the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]], he replies, "Killing Japs gave Carter Aster a thrill. It leaves me cold."

:Shortly before the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Byron visits his father aboard his flagship. The meeting is strained, because Byron blames Pamela for the breakup of his father's marriage. Later, his sister, Madeline, straightens him out about the causes of the breakup; he and his father reconcile.

:In April 1945, Natalie is found in [[Weimar]], Germany. Byron presses the [[CINCPAC|Commander-in-Chief, Pacific]], for an assignment in Europe so he might be reunited with his wife. He is assigned to investigate the technical details of captured German [[U-boat]]s and leaves for Europe to join his wife, now recovering in a hospital, and to find his son, Louis. After a long search throughout Europe, Byron reunites with Louis, who was in an orphanage, only to find Louis is so traumatized he will not talk. However, when he reunites Louis with Natalie, Louis begins to sing with her. The reunion occurs on August 7, 1945, the day after the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|first use of the atomic bomb]] in warfare.

* '''Janice Henry''' — The wife of Warren Henry. After the death of Aster she disappears from the miniseries; aside from a line Pug says about her going into law school. In the book she is given a few sentences more.  Janice ends up with a politician.
* '''Madeline Henry''' — Victor and Rhoda Henry's daughter; wife of Simon Anderson.<ref name=cast>{{cite web|title=War and Remembrance major characters|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/war-and-remembrance/cast/205358/#4cd9f3996d60790cd11c04f842ebc43c|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDB>{{cite web|title=War and Remembrance TV series full list of characters|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096725/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|publisher=IMDB|access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>