Show M gy author of MOW to 10 WM WN W wad mad ml Ui eiba alaa nord heres a recite against fear that is guarantee to work ill illustrate it by telling toting the story of raymond L oborne osborne brentwood missouri in october 1543 he was assigned to set up a radar station behind the lines on treasury island in n the southwest pacific A company of new newl zealand rill emers emeny was sent to protect his unit from japanese attack the f first four fo days were calm and everything was as lovely As a a lake at sunset instructions were issued not to shoot in the vent vant event of an attack the responsibility of beating off the japs was up to the new zealand bys byg the fifth night mr osborne went to sleep k 1 his jungle hammock which vaa w fastened to a g mahogany tree the night was as black as the inside of a magicians gic sic ians lans bag ilic il ic c only sounds to be heard wyre were the croaking of the frogs the screams of the cockatoos cocka toos and parakeets which always began at sundown at about midnight he awoke from a sound sleep with seem angly every gun in the south west pacific roaring the japs had attacked by surprise and were coming thru the new zealand lines coming into the camp in a banzal banzai attack screaming and shooting the attack was so intense that mr osborne did not see how anyone could live thru it the worst part was hit h it he and anil his company had been instructed not to fire back for the new now Ze alanders would think they were the enemy and would fire at the rifle blazes mr air osborne was so frightened that lie he could not crawl the 30 foot distance to his fox hole there he was terrified in a jungle I 1 night hight lie he said to himself ill sell myself as dearly as possible then lie he lay down behind the mahogany tree and got out his knife the very doing of which made him less fear filled then lie ho said to himself 1 I have a better chance than the japs have I 1 am on my own ground I 1 know my way about hc he afraid now his alertness doubled the fighting continued until daybreak then the japs retreated mr osborne was not hurt in any way the moment ho he began to prepare to defend himself began to do something his fear lessened |