Surviving Hell: One Veteran's Journey Through the Death March

BY MURRAY MONTGOMERY

There is an old saying I have heard all my life, and it is just as true today as it was years ago: "Freedom is not free." Should anyone be foolish enough to think our liberty comes without a heavy price, I invite them to consider the sacrifices made by Russell A. Grokett, Sr. during World War II.    

 Grokett was part of what has been called the "Greates…