As World War II draws to an end, four Buffalo soldiers from the United States' Army Negro 92nd division are separated from their unit and behind enemy lines in Italy. Risking their lives for a country in which they receive less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscany village of St. Anna Di Stazzema - in the peasants who shelter them, in the unspoken affections of an orphaned child, in a new found faith in humanity, And even in the face of unspeakable tragedy, they learn to see the small miracles of life. Inspired by actual events,