Sketching veterans recovering from war, so their stories aren't lost

Sketching veterans recovering from war, so their stories aren't lost
By Chip Reid
May 3, 2012

(CBS News) For nearly 100 years, since World War I, the U.S. military has used combat artists to create a visual record of America's wars.

Among those artists in Iraq and Afghanistan was a Marine named Michael Fay.

CBS News correspondent Chip Reid reports now that he is out of the service, he is documenting America's war veterans as they fight a new battle.

Fay brought the tools of his trade -- pencils and a sketch pad -- as he visited Marine Lance Corporal Timothy Donley at Walter Reed Hospital. His mission was not only to draw Donley, but to draw him out.

Donley lost both legs and part of an arm in Afghanistan, but told Fay he's one of the lucky ones.

"You see a lot of these guys and they've got so much worse injuries," Donley said.

Fay's sketches, including names and details of what happened, have been displayed in museums around the country. He started the project 15 months ago.
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