Your heart has not felt as my heart has felt!
When beside a dying Marine I have knelt
with his hopes fading as life slips away;
never to see the light of the coming day.

You have not known fear as I have known fear!
When the Shadow of Death gathered so near
as the magnificent enemy came in human waves;
hell bent on destruction with their souls ablaze.

You have not crawled as I have crawled!
Over blood soaked soil where life has dissolved;
where boys turn to men and men gave their all.
For Freedom and Brotherhood they answered the call.