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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..
Comments (45)
schonee
WOW Just Beautiful! Love the golden topaz color. Super Shot!!!
thevolunteer
Beautiful capture. Would look great on one of those religious cards. Looks like you had a great vacation. Aloha
MrsLubner
Amazing shot of this sky!
SGopi
Beautiful shot!!
SSoffia
BEAUTIFUL CAPTURE & SUNSET : )
lyron
Excellent sky!!!
flora-crassella
wonderful sky - great photo!
renecyberdoc
Sint marten is a place my ute wants to go,still dutch??
karlabu
Beautiful sky, nice capture.
ledwolorz
Beautiful sky.
fredster66
Stunning!
ElizaB
you have captured this moment in time superbly
jeroni
Excellent sky, fantastic colors and details
bmac62
Great one Sig. Isn't it great how a photo will once in awhile jump up and say, "Here I am".
Cosme..D..Churruca
drama in the sky... beautiful!
Amosicho
Beautiful shot!
debbielove
Dude! Were you on the same cruise we were? Been here as well.... Didn't see a wonderful sunset like this though.... But did shop tell we dropped!! Thanks again. Rob.
Minda
beautiful and wonderful sunset u did excellent capture sig..
CavalierLady
A stunning sunset, to be sure, but the only way I could enjoy it was to copy and paste as new image in PSP. I don't think many people here have their monitors set to 3000, and scrolling back and forth up and down, it loses its impact.
Kaartijer
Great capture, Sig!
RobyHermida
Wonderful image!! :o)
MrsRatbag
Beautiful sky colors!
junge1
@renecyberdoc. Yes! Sint Maarten/St. Martin are Dutch and French respectively. The Island is roughly devided in half, the northern part is French, capital is Marigot. The southern part is Dutch, capital Philipsburg. Two languages, two currencies. The port, and the major airport, are in Sint Maarten.
MagikUnicorn
B E A U T I F U L
durleybeachbum
Stunning!
beachzz
Takes my breath away, it must have stopped you in your tracks!!
annie5
Awesome sky..great capture! Super :)
flaviok
Soberbo, magnifica captura, aplausos (5)
pixelmeister
Cool!
virginiese
nice light and gold color !