Late 1944 during WWII, American fighter pilot Lieutenant Frank Ross is forced to eject from his plane, landing himself behind enemy lines. Waiting for the rescue team, Frank finds himself in the middle of a German ambush against an American Tanker Patrol. Leading the US Patrol is 2nd Lt. Robert Hayes along with his right hand men Sergeant AJ 'Red' McCarron and Private Michael Salty' Buttons, an all African American squadron serving the famed 761st Tank Battalion known as 'The Black Panthers'. The soldiers are faced with racial tensions and must find a way to put their differences aside, band together to win the war.