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 (39)
PSDuck
Wow! Yum! :D
NoelCan
Pretty..
aureagle
Shot!!! Nice title too!!!
shadownet
I need to live closer to that beach! :O)
renecyberdoc
hey mucho gusto.
carlx
The title perfect fits!!!
farmerC
Very wonderful work.
xpersona
Your works are really worth the interest. Katarzyna
lyron
Cool shot!!
flavia49
a beauty!!! the girl and the capture!!!
jeroni
Fantastic image. I like very much the colors
flora-crassella
eine wirklich sehr Hübsche! Schönes Foto!!!!!
annie5
Ext title..wonderful capture/photo! :)
Faemike55
Fantastic shot! she looks great in Red & Black Well seen and great scene
jocko500
lovely yes sir
Miska7
The title says it all. Great capture!
Minda
wow! great capture and beautiful girl sig..
bugatti
Really pretty ... we got married in Montevideo 40 years ago, and went honeymooning to Punta ... nice memories ...
lucindawind
great shot ~!
Dreamingbee
wonderful shot
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
auntietk
She is lovely, and your crop really makes the shot. (I know, I know, but pretty girls don't do a thing for me! LOL! It's just a great photograph!)
emmecielle
very beautiful girl! :)
sandra46
SUPERB GIRL
drifterlee
Gorgeous gal and shot!
MagikUnicorn
RELAXING BEAUTY
duncanoooo
WOW! Makes me want to visit Uruguay.
kbrog
Great shot! And you won't get any argument from me about the title. 8D
mariogiannecchini
great capture and beautiful girl !
Alex_Antonov
Very well done!