Random Fascinating Historical Photos We Wish We Learned About In School (19 items)

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  (#19) The USS Independence Near San Francisco In 1951, Ready For Sinking After Years Spent Being Used For Radiation Testing

  
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  (#1) Soldiers In The Korean War (August 28, 1950)

  From the National Archives:

  A grief stricken American infantryman whose buddy has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea. 
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  (#7) Henry Ushijima At The Japanese Internment Camp At Manzanar, CA (May 29, 1942)

  From the National Archives:

  Henry Ushijima, formerly a sound engineer in Hollywood, plays dance records at a dance given by the Girls's Recreation Committee. Henry received permission from the authorities to bring this, his own, public address system to this War Relocation Authority center. (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California.)
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  (#3) "A Frenchman Sheds Tears Of Patriotic Grief As The Flags Of His Country's Last Regiments Are Exiled To Africa" September, 1940

  
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  (#14) An Aerial Photo Of The Famous Kowloon Walled City In Hong Kong, 1989

  
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  (#15) A Street Gang In Springfield, MA (June 27, 1916)

  

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