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,
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Comments (38)
lyron
Great view. Fantastic picture!!!
bmac62
Now that is a small island but one the Captain of your ship still wanted no part of...I'm sure:) Always amazes me...big pine trees growing our of all that rock.
Faemike55
Great shot!
NoelCan
Cool shot..
ledwolorz
Beautiful place.Fantastic photo.
DarkStormCrow
Excellent shot and scene...
tpx1
nice shot, beautiful landscape
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
jeroni
Wonderful and very creative work
durleybeachbum
As Bill says...those trees are amazing!
Dreamingbee
wonderful place and shot sig!
timtripp
super shot!
auntietk
What a beautiful place ... you make me want to visit!
flaviok
Maravilhosa cena, captura esplendida meu amigo, aplausos (5)
sandra46
wonderful view, great shot!
MagikUnicorn
Gorgeous little Island...(In quebec we have small island like this for sale)
annie5
Superb view..I especially love the calm of this place! Very nice shot :)
carlx
Superb place and capture!!!
MrsLubner
I can see how difficult it might be to travel thought the narrows here. Stunning view!
Cosme..D..Churruca
a difficult pass indeed... superb!
renecyberdoc
indeed superb place.
beatoangelico
magic scenary and fantastic work...Bravo..!!!
flora-crassella
wunderschöne Landschaft!!!! Super Foto!
shadownet
Great shot!
danapommet
It amazes me, to think about the leaps in technology, in the cruise industry. I went through there in the mid 80s, on the Regent Sea. If I remember correctly only about 800 passengers and we couldn’t dock in Ketchikan. Great photo and this series makes me want to go back. Dana
Digitaleagle
Excellent capture, awesome place!!
Minda
soooooo beautiful view and excellent capture sig!!...great job!!
gypsyflame
Oh I love this charming little place...deffinately a place I would want to visit....
drifterlee
Wonderful shot!
Richardphotos
the scenery is spectacular