The beach on Iwo Jima today, with Mount Suribachi in the background
ALL IS QUIET ON IWO JIMA
The sounds of war
so long ago
on the sulphur isle
of Iwo
Have finally died;
a lonely bird
cries for her mate,
no Marine is heard
But Marines were heard
six decades ago
for 7,000 died
on Iwo!
If you disturb
the black sand
the sound of "Medic"
comes from a dying man.
That man is a Marine
who will surely die
for the sounds of war
fill the Pacific sky!
On lonely Iwo
buried in black sand
are the bones of Marines
who fought man to man!