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From the S&S archives: 'Bunny' brightens up the scene in Vietnam

Photos by Bob Cutts, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, January 19, 1966

Among the celebrities visiting U.S. troops in South Vietnam in 1966 was Jo Collins, Playboy magazine's 1965 Playmate of the Year.

1st Lt. Jack Price, commander of the 503rd Infantry Regiment's "Bravo Bulls," gets his unit's lifetime subscription to Playboy magazine from playmate Jo Collins, right, and her Far East tour chaperone, Joyce Challecki, at the Army hospital at Bien Hoa.

Playmate Jo Collins learns how to zero in on the Viet Cong with a 4.2-inch mortar.

"It's just too much," said Jo Collins of an impromptu machine gun demonstration by 173rd Airborne Brigade troopers.

Jo Collins "passes in review" for 173rd Airborne Division troopers.

Pfc. Richie Tomlinson is visited by Jo Collins at the hospital in Bien Hoa.

A wounded Korean soldier becomes a Playboy fan when visited by Jo Collins at a field hospital.