Pat Tillman Tribute | Song
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Pat Tillman Tribute | Song
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Patrick Daniel Tillman Jr. (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) who left his sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. His service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and subsequent death, were the subject of national attention when he was killed in action as a result of accidental friendly fire.
Tillman joined the Army Rangers and served several combat tours before he was killed in the mountains of Afghanistan. At first, the Army reported that Tillman had been killed by enemy fire. Controversy ensued when a month later, on May 28, 2004, the Pentagon notified the Tillman family that he had been killed by fire from his own side. The family and other critics allege that the Department of Defense delayed the disclosure until weeks after Tillman's memorial service out of a desire to protect the image of the U.S. military.
The truth will always be
The first causality of war
They'll look you in the eye
And stick the facts in a drawer
They'll tell how much
Your soldier was adored
Then fold another flag
As you wonder "what for?"
Patrick Tillman
Patrick Tillman
Joined the Army
With his brother Kevin
They joined to protect us
From another 911
Those two Army Rangers
Learned to shoot and kill
Fighting in Afghanistan
Where Pat died up on that hill
Pow Pow Pow
Pat Tillman's effin dead
Killed by friendly fire
But that's not what they said
They made Pat a poster boy
For innocent recruits
Trading Chinese sneakers
For U.S. Army boots
Patrick Tillman
Patrick Tillman
Cut down by friendly fire
In the prime of his youth
But fratricide don't sound so good
So they hid the ugly truth
Pentagon public relations
Old men on rocking horses
Protecting the image
Of the United States Armed Forces
Pow Pow Pow Pat
Tillman's effin dead
Killed by friendly fire
But that's not what they said
They made Pat a poster boy
For newbie recruits
Trading virgin T-shirts
For bloody khaki suits
They burned Pat's uniform
And burned his body armor
They even burned the notebook
Of the man they claimed to honor
The truth will always be
The first causality of war
They'll look you in the eye
And stick the facts in a drawer
They'll tell how much
Your soldier was adored
Then fold another flag
As you wonder "what for?"