michael regan. >> he is a talented portrait office by the name of michael regan. he is the creative force behind the fallen heroes project. it's work that he loves to which he is completely committed and which helps him, too. >> ten hours a day michael regan draws. >> as long as people need these portraits and i'm able to draw them, i'll be doing them. >> it has brought his soul back he says. >> i draw soldiers every day, men and women, old and young. >> in vietnam he saw and lost so much. >> we were just holding his leg on hoping somebody could do something. he said like, i just wanted to go home and i closed his eyes and died. but i remember those eyes every day. when i start these portraits i see those eyes.

it's work he loves, to which he's committed, and it helps him. 10 hours a day michael regan draws. >>as long as people need the portraits and i am able to draw then, i will do them. >> it has brought his soul back. >> i draw dead soldiers, men and women, old, young. >> back from vietnam where as a marine corp rifleman he saw and lost so much. >> he was holding his leg on. he looked me in the face and said, "mike, i want to go home." he closed his eyes and died. i remember those eyes. when i start the portraits, i see those ice. >> on this day it is marine lance corporal david finn looking back at him. he died in a training accident in march. any military soldier who died gets one. no charge. >> a grieving widow called him wanting him to draw his husband. >> that was the beginning. i have done 3500 of these. >> simply lines, adding up to complex images, demanding answers of the artist - why are you here, why am i here? i think i'm here to do the work. >> portraits are sent to recipients with a personnel letter from regan who thanks them for allowing him to share their loss and ease the

michael regan. >> he is a talented portrait office by the name of michael regan. he is the creative force behind the fallen heroes project. it's work that he loves to which he is completely committed and which helps him, too. >> ten hours a day michael regan draws. >> as long as people need these portraits and i'm able to draw them, i'll be doing them. >> it has brought his soul back he says. >> i draw soldiers every day, men and women, old and young. >> in vietnam he saw and lost so much. >> we were just holding his leg on hoping somebody could do something. he said like, i just wanted to go home and i closed his eyes and died. but i remember those eyes every day. when i start these portraits i see those eyes. >> it is marine corporal michael 10 looking back at him. 10 died this march. ten years ago, regan got a call from a grieving wife who had seen his celebrity portraits. she wanted him to draw her husband, killed in iraq. >> it was the first one. i've done dozens of these. >> simple imr answers: >> why are you here? why am i here, i think i'm here to do this

we brought this corporate to corporal fynn's girlfriend. >> we have a delivery from michael regan. >>>> reporter: and amy frost can once again look into his eyes. >> sorry. >> this is an incredible broken heart in the country and there is nothing i can do to fix that but part of the broken heart are these families and i might be able to fix some of that. >> we just have the memory. you want to get as many as you can. and this will help a lot. >> reporter: and even though he draws war dead he insists the art is not a statement about war or death, it's an acknowledgment of loss and service, a mission and a calling. >> i don't have a choice. i don't think i'm the one drawing at the table, i think it's my hand, i'm never alone down here even though i'm by myself. >> so many finished and so many more to do, he will keep at this job and keep bringing these eyes alive. >> until someone has to draw my portrait. >> reporter: he says he already picked the artist who will draw his portrait when he dies. this is a lot of work, two portraits a day, figure five hours each time, and michael regan sa