It details the unit's assault on the "Gothic Line" in the rugged Apennine Mountains.
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. Ivan J. Houston - Black warriors. I Buffalo Sol...
Houston explores the contradiction of African American soldiers fighting for freedom abroad (the "Giganti Buoni" or "Good Giants" to liberated Italians) while facing systemic racism and segregation within their own military and back home. It details the unit's assault on the "Gothic