Photographer captures 250 veterans’ portraits to honor service

(Aging Untold) — Photographs are powerful. For photographer Mikel Conrad, they are a way to tell the story of those who put their lives on the line for the country’s future. Ron Camillo is one of hundreds featured in Conrad’s “250 Faces of Service Sacrifice.” “Active duty 1950-51. I can remember like yesterday, Korea. The problem is I saw things over there I can’t talk about,” Camillo said. Camillo is a Korean War veteran who served with the 1st Marine Division and the 5th Marines. “Just their willingness to serve and just do what they had to do and not beat their chest about it. ... They just went out and did what they had to do,” Conrad said. Conrad’s vision is a portfolio made for the country’s 250th birthday so the stories of these heroes can still be told long after they are gone. Aging Untold host and gerontologist “Sam” Cradduck said these portraits do more than capture a face. “You know, so many of our veterans come back feeling unseen. And this gives them that, I see you and