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 (36)
MagikUnicorn
Excellent shot !
auntietk
Hey! I've been there. Great shot! You must have been sitting at Ivar's when you took this. Keep Clam!
Iceshark39
Beautiful shot!
Faemike55
Great shot!
beachzz
Hey--I've been there too---!!!
lior
Excellent composition & capture!!!!!!
nongo
Were you coming to visit me??? Yes I know this ferry well...
lyron
Wonderful shot!!
bmac62
Fantastic detail...makes me feel I could walk right on. Gorgeous country up there.
flora-crassella
super Foto von dieser schönen Fähre!!!!
bebert
very nice shot.
NoelCan
Cool shot..
PIERRE25
Excellente photo!
gypsyflame
Beautiful shot, I can almost feel the sun, smell the water....
jeroni
Beautiful composition. excellent work
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
pops
Awesome photo
flaviok
Esplendida magnifica captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
flavia49
excellent shot!!
sandra46
fabulous capture!
M2A
That's cool. Boat is almost hidden.
densa
great shot
carlx
Excellent capture!!!
Dreamingbee
fantastic shot
emmecielle
Excellent image! :)
shadownet
Nice Ferry!
Minda
This is fantastic sig i love it...superb capture!!
MrsRatbag
Hey, I've been there too! Cool capture, Sig!
virginiese
great capture !
erlandpil
Good capture picture erland