Contact sheet containing 18 images. ENVELOPE TEXT: Vietnam - Pfc. Jim Bailey hacks at brush with machete - Pat McDaniel (Red Cross girl) - Battalion Commander, Lay and Exec. Neall. NOTES ON CONTACT SHEET: Contact sheet A: (1) Battalion commander Lay (left) and exec Neall (2) Lay (3) Three GIs carry teak log /Contact sheet B: (1-2) Pfc. Jim Bailey, grenadier with A Company, hacks at brush with machete. (3-4) Other men in Bailey's detail out down brush. They were hacking down brush to extend the perimeter to the tree line and to get rid of brush that could have provided cover for attackers sneaking up close to the camp. (5) GIs whose job is to direct helicopters in and out of the LZ erected sign that reeds "TWA, Teeny Weeny Airlines, Pay Now, Ride Later." (6) A recon platoon returns to the LZ after a patrol in the jungle around the camp. (7) The brigade commander brought Red Cross girl Pat McDaniel to the LZ in early afternoon. She stayed about 15 minutes. Here a man--lieutenant--stops work to talk to her. (8-9) Soldiers fill sandbags in the command bunker. A few hours later they topped the bunker with logs, about an hour before the mortar attack. (10) Grubby GI with a sandbag.

Photograph from this contact sheet used in the Overseas Weekly (Vol. 22, No. 1) issued January 8, 1967. The article is "Tough Ivy Div Pros Stop Major VC Push" and starts on page 5. Article is continued on to page 6 and titled "It's Slow But They Move Hacking Through Jungle" and the photograph is captioned "Pfc Jim Bailey uses machete to make progress through underbrush." Location for story is Plei Trap Valley, South Vietnam.