Incredible Scotty McCreery Song Honors Fallen Soldiers In The Most Heartbreaking Way

Dec 05, 2018 by apost team

Most people today are in complete support of the nation’s troops. For many celebrities, singers, actors, actresses, and other performers, this is especially true. Many of them will go out of their way to record a special song that supports the troops. The same is true for many country music singers.

Scotty McCreery is one such singer. He loves and supports the troops so much that he released a wonderful tribute song specifically for a fallen soldier, Andrew Carpenter.

Lance Corporal Andrew Carpenter was a United States Marine who had served two tours of duty for his country. In 2011, he came under enemy fire in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, losing his battle with life just five days later. When he died, his wife was pregnant with Landon, who would be their first child together. Landon was born on March 18th, 2011.

Carpenter was buried in a town known as Columbia, Tennessee. The town later decided to honor him and his service by naming a highway after him. When McCreery heard about this, he wanted to commemorate it in a song. That song is known as “The Dash.”

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The video to “The Dash” is a heartbreaking tribute to the brave soldier and the family he left behind. In it, clips of Carpenter and his family are shown. It truly tugs at your heart to watch it.

The lyrics to the hit song talk about how it isn’t about the numbers that are chiseled into the concrete of the gravestone. Instead, it is about how you live your life “in the dash between” that matters. It is a reference to the dash that is put between the date of your birth and the date of your death.

It is meant to remind us not to focus on the death of our loved ones, but instead on how they lived their lives. It is also a good reminder to be the best that we can be while we are alive.

These videos truly remind us of the heroes that sacrifice for us every day. We often take our freedom for granted and don’t remember the people who deserve our recognition.

Get the tissues ready and watch the emotional video below:

What do you think of McCreery's video? Let us know in the comments and then pass along this truly amazing tribute to honor this fallen soldier.