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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
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Comments (36)
ysvry
great foto.
bmac62
Another excellent shot. Lots of evidence of years worth of farm road travel. You could probably take a hammer and whack the hood or front fender and barely see a dent in that heavy old steel. Bill
flora-crassella
mit DEM möchte ich nicht mitfahren mĂ¼ssen! Super Studie!!! GroĂŸartiges Foto!
renecyberdoc
those trucks are loke the hp-printers(at the time)you cannot break them unless you smash them.nice shot brother.
lyron
Great shot!!
auntietk
Nice to see one being maintained and used! Great shot.
PIERRE25
Superbe photo!
jeroni
Splendid composition
durleybeachbum
Excellent to see this
JeffG7BRJ
A new hood ornament and windshield wiper blade and it will look like new Sig. #;0) It is suprising how some trucks never die, the more they get abused the longer they last. A superb capture and find. Bravo!!!!!
rainbows
Nice to see this working vehicle. A grand shot of her. Hugs. Diane. xx
Ravenlady
It´s a cool shot! Nice. :D
timtripp
great truck... terrific image!
flaviok
Outra esplendida captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
thecytron
A good one!
lucindawind
fantastic photo .. love the B&W
moonrancher
Wonderful portrait of the good old friend. So much history goes with it. The running board cracked and you've captured daylight coming through.
gypsyflame
Well I have to say that things made in 1950 were the best...LOL...I'm still up and running myself.....It's amazing how the older machinery holds up compared to what is made today...Thank you for sharing!
Hendesse
Excellent shot, fantastic tones!
ElizaB
superb b&w capture
THROBBE
A classic for sure!
thevolunteer
Guess you just can't beat the old styles. They seem to last forever, or nearly that long. Nice shot. Aloha
moochagoo
Love this old truck !
emmecielle
Excellent photo in B/W! :)
bronwyn_lea
Boy, it has seen better days. It doesn't look as if it should still be in use. Great picture!
Miska7
Nice old truck! Great capture.
Kaartijer
You'll never know how many miles was rolling... at that time they had only 5 digit odometers, and no computers on-board! Excellent shot, Sig!
Minda
i love classic stuff beautiful B&w color,thanks sig for showing this to us...at least i see 1950 model truck.
kgb224
Excellent capture.
Darkwish
Cool work! Really nicely done!