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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 (31)
Kaartijer
Great shot, Sig! Good composition!
bmac62
Lots of drama here. Beautiful.
lyron
Wonderful view. Excellent shot!!!
lizzibell
nice shot...
SSoffia
EXCELLENT CAPTURE , COLORS & BEAUTIFUL
pops
What a beautiful sea scape
PIERRE25
Magnifique photo!
marybelgium
wonderful !
adrie
Very beautiful picture, it looks to me if there's coming a storm. Awesome captured my friend.
jeroni
Splendid composition and colors my friend
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
flora-crassella
wonderful picture!
emmecielle
Wonderful atmosphere! :)
debbielove
Memories again, mate!! While at port for day in Barbados, we were hit by that picture....big time! Unpleasant! So, best thing to do - find a nice bar and hit the rum punch!! Cheers mate! Rob.
timtripp
sorta helps cool down after the sizler yesterday! WONDERFUL IMAGE!
lucindawind
wonderful shot !!
MrsRatbag
Looks like serious weather...gorgeous shot!
flaviok
Fascinante captura, brilhante, aplausos (5)
virginiese
It's stormy ! Great capture !
Ac-Dc
a great capture my friend.
Hendesse
Impressive atmosphere and light. Excellent shot!
Richardphotos
that would be my concern on a cruise being stuck inside.I would prefer to be on a high vantage point to see the ocean.
thevolunteer
Nice shot Sig. If you zoom in, you can see the circular rainbow in the clouds. Aloha
irakika
Great shot!
renecyberdoc
wie aus dem maerchen,toler shot.
Minda
beautiful scene and wonderful view sig...superb shot!!...:)
amanda_a42
This s indeed a most unique capture, excellent work!
junge1
The rain had passed when I took this picture!
jocko500
a wonderful shot of the weather
pixelmeister
Very nice!