Sgt. Maurice Stanland Collier

Mother: Dametnes Collier & Maggie Carey-Collier

Siblings: 3 sisters, 2 brothers

    - 1940 - his siblings and him were living with his oldest brother 

Home: 212 Rose Hill Lane - Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Nickname: Morris

    - used "Morris" on his military records 

Occupation: Road Construction

Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard

Inducted: U. S. Army - 25 November 1940

Training:

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Northern Luzon

        - 8 December 1941 - 6 January 1942 

    - Battle of Bataan

        - 7 January 1942 - 9 April 1942 

Prisoner of War:

    -Unknown - He may have escaped to Corregidor 

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands:

        - Cabanatuan

    Japan:

        - Omine Machi

            - Work:  coal mining

                 - Shifts: 9 Hours 30 minutes

Hell Ship:

Canadian Inventor

   - Sailed: Manila - 4 July 1944

           - ship returned to Manila because of boiler problems - 5 July 1944

           - remained in port for eleven days for repairs

    - Sailed: Manila - 16 July 1944 

            - ship experienced more boiler problems

            - convoy left Canadian Inventor behind

    - Arrived: Takao, Formosa - 23 July 1944

        - remained in port while salt was loaded onto ship

    - Sailed: Takao - 4 August 1944

        - ship made way along west coast of Formosa to Keelung

    - Arrived: Keelung Harbor - 5 August 1944

        - stayed in harbor for twelve days

    - Sailed: Keelung Harbor - 17 August 1944

        - as Canadian Inventor approached Ryuku Islands, north of Formosa. it had more boiler problems

    - Arrived: Naha, Okinawa - unknown

        - boiler repairs were made

    - Sailed: Naha - Unknown

    - Arrived: Moji, Japan - 1 September 1944

Liberated: September 1945

Discharged: 8 April 1946

Married: Mildred Sponcil

Employed: Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot, Avon, Kentucky

Died: 13 January 1993 - Nicholasville, Kentucky