The narrative focuses on the 92nd's deployment in Italy from 1943 to 1945.
The book is a firsthand account based on minute-by-minute records compiled by Houston during his service as a 19-year-old soldier in Combat Team 370 of the . This unit was the only all-Black infantry division to see combat in Europe during the war.
It details the unit's assault on the "Gothic Line" in the rugged Apennine Mountains.
The full title of the piece by Ivan J. Houston is . Book Overview