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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 (36)
lyron
Great capture!!
DarkStormCrow
Excellent capture, well done...
bmac62
How cool. Did everybody rush the right side railings?
NoelCan
Great shot..
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
gypsyflame
Excellent capture, I'm glad they are there and not here...smiles
shadownet
Super shot!
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
beatoangelico
super capture my friend...!!!
flavia49
marvelous capture!!
Faemike55
Wonderful shot of the pod!
casmindo
Great opportunity as long as the ship don't list to that side! Nice shot.
auntietk
Oh gosh - it looks like you ran across a whole pod! When you told me about this shot, I never imagined I would be able to see so much. Very nice!
lucindawind
fantastic .. there are so many ..and thats great to see
MrsRatbag
Ooh, I would love to see these! Excellent capture!
Cosme..D..Churruca
amazing capture!
jendellas
Amazing, must have been a fabulous time.
timtripp
WOW!
annie5
Do you know that you're lucky Sig! Fantastic capture :)
Dreamingbee
wowww great shot!
carlx
Excellent find and capture!!!
durleybeachbum
It must have been very exciting!
thevolunteer
At first it looked like sharks. What a great experience for you. We have whales come outside Hilo Harbor once a year. One day, I will have to capture one. Not very easy from where I live. Aloha
emmecielle
Excellent capture, Sig! :)
Mousson
Great image!
duncanoooo
WOW!! You really got close to them.
myrrhluz
Great capture! What fun!
Minda
Fantastic capture sig!!
danapommet
You must have had the camera ready. Exceptional capture Sig. Dana
renecyberdoc
wonderful shot.