Van of Valor

Van of Valor dedicates this song in honor of the following individuals, and to every fallen soldier and Gold Star Family in the Carolina’s and Georgia:

Army SGT Breonna Moffett, KIA Jordan 2024
Army SGT Kennedy Sanders, KIA Jordan 2024
Army SGT Tom Higgins, Vietnam Purple Heart
Coast Guard Chief Butch Hampton, Vietnam Purple Heart
Army SGT Ed Nixon, Vietnam Purple Heart
Army * SGM, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, 4 Purple Hearts
Army SGT Ocie Gay, Iraq Purple Heart
Army MSG Chad McKeown, 3rd Group, Afghanistan Purple Heart
Army SGT Rick Murillo, 3rd Group, Afghanistan Purple Heart
Army SSG Harold Dahmer, 3rd Group, Afghanistan Purple Heart
Army SFC Jeffrey Dawson, Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart

(Chorus)
Oh, we roll for the brave, for the true, for the free,
From the sea to the pines, for the world yet to see.
Through the breakdowns and storms, we will answer the call,
In the Van of Valor, we give our all!

(Verse 2)
From the Albemarle’s cathedral sky,
To the Piedmont’s red clay roll,
A journey ‘cross the Carolinas,
With a purpose in our soul.
A wheel flew free on I-40 west,
But Providence put us to the test.
In Charlotte’s hail, a bruise-skied fight,
Hendrick’s hands made things right.

(Verse 3)
On back roads south to hear the heart,
Of the country that we love.
In Summerville, a hero’s part,
A Green Beret from wars above.
Four Purple Hearts, a Silver Star,
From Vietnam to Fallujah’s scar.
He stood for LCpl Prazynski’s name,
And bore the weight of honor’s flame.

(Chorus)
Oh, we roll for the brave, for the true, for the free,
From the sea to the pines, for the world yet to see.
Through the breakdowns and storms, we will answer the call,
In the Van of Valor, we give our all!

(Bridge)
Through the Lowcountry’s green oak tunnel,
Past the pluff mud’s deep, life smell.
By egret fields and tabby ruins,
Where history’s stories swell.
“Get up, Soldier!” rings in our ears,
A wounded warrior’s cry through years.
We carry on for Gold Star kin,
To let their love and light come in.

(Verse 4 – The Roll Call)
We roll for Higgins, Hampton, Nixon’s fight,
For a Green Beret who bore the night.
For Gay’s courage, for McKeown’s stand,
For Murillo, Dahmer, Dawson’s hand.
We bear the torch for Moffett and Sanders, bright stars gone,
For every scar, for every dawn.
From Vietnam to Jordan’s sand,
We carry them through this revealing land.

(Outro Chorus)
And we’ll roll for the brave, for the true, for the free,
From the mountains to the shores of the sea.
For every name, through trial and sorrow,
We pledge our hearts to your tomorrow.
In the Van of Valor,
For our country,
We give our all.

Until the Wheels Fall Off