Marine Corps Veteran Rex K. Thompson Mixes Humor With Somber Reflection at SHHS Program

Pictured above (left-right): Mr. Jim Griffin, a 2013 UEA Top Teacher at Salem Hills High, whose classes include American history, political science, and psychology, introduces his uncle, Rex K. Thompson, World War II Marine Corps Veteran, to an auditorium filled with students eager to hear him speak.  

Veterans Day was observed at Salem Hills High School a day late this week.  Given the presentation and the audience reaction, it was worth the wait.  World War II Marine Corps. veteran, Rex K. Thompson’s storytelling brought humor as well as somber reflection on the loss and horrors of war. Skyhawk students gathered in the auditorium this morning, November 12, attentive and eager to hear him relay his experiences serving overseas. He was joined by his wife, Edna, who was there also to share her reality with a small child at home, waiting for her husband’s safe return. The Logan, Utah, residents are Uncle and Aunt to Jim Griffin, who teaches courses on American history, political science, psychology, and oversees the local Close Up program at Salem Hills High School.  Due to several other speaking engagements on Veterans Day, November 11, Mr. Thompson’s visit to the Salem Hills campus was postponed by a day.

Find out more about his service and today’s event at Salem Hills High in next week’s edition of The Payson Chronicle.