Alex Paul
A decade ago, John Thoma sat in classrooms at Hawthorne Elementary School.
Friday, Corporal Thoma returned to the school, this time to tell students about the year held spent in Iraq as a member of the Army Cavalry.
As a sea of arms waved through the air to gain his attention, Cpl. Thoma, 21, answered questions from fourth through sixth grade students in the covered play area behind the school.
“Iraq is not…