These Historical Photos Will Make You Wish You Could Turn Back Time

Jimi Hendrix in the US Army

This photo of a then 19-year-old Jimi Hendrix was taken in 1961. Although he became one of the most influential electric guitarists in music history, he was in the US Army in his late teens to become a paratrooper. At the time, he had chosen to become a paratrooper to avoid getting sent to prison for stealing a car. But in a letter to his dad, Hendrix wrote: “There’s nothing but physical training and harassment here for two weeks, then when you go to jump school, that’s when you get hell. They work you to DEATH, fussing, and fighting.”