Man teaches injured soldiers how to scuba dive

Twice a week, John W. Thompson now teaches a scuba diving class for soldiers with amputations and other injuries at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.No stranger to the water, Thompson, 41, has been teaching scuba diving for 10 years and has been diving for 20 years. Thompson grew up in Sallisaw. His grandfather, the late Guy L. Thompson, was mayor of Sallisaw, and his father, the late Guy C. Thompson, was state chairman of the Democratic Party of Oklahoma.