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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 (35)
Umbetro38
fanatstic what you show here - wow
Dreamingbee
great information and shot
NoelCan
Interesting..!
bazza
Interesting info and pic.. Thank you!!
Faemike55
Very fascinating information! thank you for the picture and information
ledwolorz
Fantastic information and work.
Alz2008
Wonderful, Excellent well done..
auntietk
Thanks for leaving this big ... you KNOW I zoomed in and read the whole thing! :) What a fabulous marker. Beautiful artwork, and quite informative. Impressive!
myrrhluz
Very interesting information and great capture.
Richardphotos
I have wanted for a long time to visit Micronesia.must have been a wonderful experience Sig
timtripp
very informative!
Alex_Antonov
Very nice!
shadownet
Some nice art work in itself but also great photo as I was able to read the English write up in large view. Some interesting history there. :O)
annie5
Very interesting..thanks for the photo and the info! Ext capture :)
psyoshida
Extremely interesting. Thanks for posting this. It's easy to forget, things change.
Minda
This is really awesome sig,great info...
renecyberdoc
nice shot and tidbit of info.
farmerC
Shining work.
jocko500
cool shot
bebert
very nice shot , great theme.
sandra46
fantastic info!
HannaK
This is superb! Colors of the past - is not something you met often here on Renderosity.Thanks for sharing
mikeerson
would love to see an artist here take on making this picture in cg.
MagikUnicorn
Excellent post...I like historical information Thanks!
npauling
This looks to have been a busy bay. I wonder if it still is as busy.
OrphanedSoul
A great bit of information!
KaiArt
Nice!
erlandpil
Interesting picture erland
icerian
Well done! I like the "past mood" of our life.
emmecielle
Interesting image and informations! :)