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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 (43)
flora-crassella
wonderful image!!! Great!!!!
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend.
Hendesse
Fantastic view, wonderful light and mood.
annie5
Wonderful sky Sig..beautiful picture! :)
fredster66
Lovely image with a wonderful mood...
jocko500
look at all the sail boats there lol I been on a small sail boat one time in my life and it was fun too
lyron
Amazing sunset. Excellent work!!!
timtripp
gorgeous!
MrsRatbag
The light is fantastic...beautiful scene!
mtc
Very beautiful composition and awesome lighting.
M2A
I like the weather, nice feeling.
pixelmeister
Very nice shot!
beachzz
Doesn't get much better than this--what a gorgeous place!!
renecyberdoc
fantastic man you really show us the nice places of the planet.
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
emmecielle
Splendid atmosphere! :)
Amosicho
Stunning capture
Aioros
Super great work my friend.
virginiese Online Now!
glorious atmopshere and nice view !
Sonia000
Beautiful scenery.Very pretty west of the sun.
danob
Delightful place and evening light
durleybeachbum
Beautiful
thevolunteer
Beautiful shot Sig. Kind of romantic. Aloha
Minda
The weather look beautiful and the sunset is wonderful,great capture sig..
bmac62
The sky on this one is certainly the star! Beautiful scene.
delaorden_ojeda
it looks magical , beautiful light and composition, excelent Sig !
billcody
Wonderful sunset atmosphere! Great catch!
CavalierLady
This has been an enjoyable series, seeing how massive the ships are and all the impressive amenities on board and how crowded it seemed, ...must have been a very nice vacation, and nice to be able to 'go along' through your images.
sandra46
A perfect sunset! Bravo!!!!!!!
magnus073
Lovely photo, you really captured the scene so well here