High in the Tuscan mountains the four soldiers, part of the famed 92nd Division of African-American "Buffalo" soldiers, rescue a traumatised Italian boy from the Germans and stumble into a war-torn village looking for help. Separated from the rest of their division, the soldiers find refuge among the villagers, while the partisans keep careful watch from the nearby mountains. But the boy has a secret to reveal, something terrible has happened at Sant' Anna that will affect them all.