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Catherine Herridge @CHerridge - “This isn’t just a song…
It’s a tribute to Marine Kevin Lloyd @KLloydProject a warrior battling stage 4 cancer from burn pit exposure and a fight against the system that tried to forget him.
Every single penny from this track goes directly to Kevin and his family to help with his care and support."
From Writer/Singer/ @USMC Veteran John 'TIG' Tiegen @TigTiegen
Kevin’s story has gone viral on Tik Tok with over +800k views
Twenty years after the Iraq war, Veterans Advocacy group @Burnpit360 says they are seeing a spike in cancer cases.
They want to meet with the @DeptVetAffairs @SecVetAffairs to establish a fast-track toxic exposure program, like the World Trade Center Health Program.
Listen: https://iheart.com/artist/john-tig-tiegen-47466585/albums/go-die-in-the-dark-342488829/
YouTube:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXKSJBmW56o
Lyrics: Go Die In The Dark
Welcome home, Marine
Here's your flag
And a stack of forms to fill
We'll get to you
In a year or two
Once we process our guilt
And climb Capitol Hill
You bled for a country that won't even call
While they sip their coffee behind government walls
Stage four cancer eating your brain
Sorry, sir, can you wait? We're behind on your claim
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Go die in the dark where no one can see
The price of your war, what you gave for me
They won't light a candle, they won't raise a hand
Just by your pain in a bouldering dam
All your brothers still fighting alone
In a system with no heart, no soul, no home
Go die in the dark, Marine
That's your reward for coming home clean
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His wife lit the fire the VA won't touch
She made them blink, she pushed too much
This one woman's theory shamed them all
And dragged a Marine out of hospice hall
He didn't ask for pity just to fightin chance
But they handed him silence with their bureaucrat dance
Emails, memos, forms unsigned
While a hero's vision faded blind
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Go die in the dark like the hundreds before
Who begged for help and sank to the floor
Choked by red tape, crushed by delay
While the ones in the suits just look away
You're not a file, you're not a form
You're a warrior still weathering the storm
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But go die in the dark, Marine
That's what your sacrifice really means
They built a war machine with your blood and breath
But when the smoke cleared they signed your death
Burned pits, bullets, chemicals, lies
Now you're dying slow while the VA hides
But we see you, Kevin, we see them too
The silence, the system, what they did to you
You were a Marine, you still are
So we raise your name like a battle scar
You won't die in the dark
We're lighting the flame
We'll burn down their silence with your name
We'll speak, we'll fight, we'll make them see
What they owe to men like you and me
You carried this flag through hell on earth
Now we'll raise it high and shout your worth
You won't die in the dark, Marine
Not a while, your brothers still stand and scream
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Catherine Herridge @CHerridge
IMPACT ON @X: Marine Sgt Receives Potentially Life Extending Cancer Drug;
VA Spokesman Disputes Family’s Account of ‘Red Tape’ And Denies Catherine Herridge Reports Viral Post, Intervention Veterans Group Expedited Treatment
Statement on behalf of the family:
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https://x.com/C__Herridge/status/1957562041478115638
The_Catholic_Cartoon @CatholicToons - Romanticus
https://x.com/CatholicToons/status/1957423813299167582
Catholic News Agency @cnalive - The Archdiocese of Denver asked parishioners to share the names of young men they thought would make good priests. The result? More than 900 names.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/265963/hundreds-nominated-for-priesthood-in-denver-called-by-name-campaign
https://x.com/cnalive/status/1957381967655186859
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