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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 (32)
flora-crassella
hübsches Foto!!!!
Hendesse
Excellent shot, fantastic perspective!
timtripp
cool!
carlx
Excellent and wonderful capture!!!
thevolunteer
These guys have to be perfectly uniform in their steps etc. Nice action shot Sig. Aloha
bebert
and.. no dust !!! :)))))))) excellent capture.
bmac62
Give me some music and a few folks marching and I'm happy:) Of course these days I want to be doing the watching not the marching!
Osper
Neat shot!
lyron
Great shot!!
renecyberdoc
looks even more relaxed than the ones from bubkinham palace.
JeffG7BRJ
It attracts a good crowd Sig and they seem to be enjoying it, I keep saying I will go to London and watch the trooping of the colour but I never seem to make the time. I like to see a bit of marching to bands now and again. Excellent pov, a great action shot. Bravo!!!!!
MrsLubner
Very impressive scene. Excellent pov and timing.
emmecielle
Wonderful capture, Sig! :)
artaddict2
marvelous image Sig !
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
annie5
Great perspective and capture! :)
sandra46
great photo!
flavia49
nice shot! They look very relaxed!
duncanoooo
Great shot, and yet another beautiful day in Europe!
rawdodb
Beautiful shot!!!
flaviok
Excelente, esplendida captura, aplausos (5)
Minda
beautiful photo and great shot sig!!
jocko500
it is impressive looking. very good shot too
dbrv6
Great capture. Looks like they put on a good display!
Richardphotos
if a person was to drop some marbles on the sidewalk at the right time all hell would break loose.excellent capture
Mousson
Wonderful photo!!!
Amosicho
Great shot
lucindawind
wonderful capture! it must be really nice to see it in person
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
MagikUnicorn
Really beautiful capture!