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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,
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Comments (23)
Faemike55
Great looking ladies! It sounds like a great place to eat! I hope it survived the shaking
flora-crassella
very nice and interesting picture!!!!
drifterlee
Lovely shot!!!!!!!
jocko500
bet the food is wonderful. cool looking
shadownet
Hmm, never had Curanto, sounds interesting. Nice capture!
annie5
Love her smiles..great picture Sig! :)
dbrv6
Excellent interest and capture
lyron
Cool shot!!
Minda
nice capture sig and looks like a great place..
bazza
Sounds great, nice capture of the lovely ladies too, well done!!
renecyberdoc
glad to see chile this way because when i watch tv news i only see devastating grounds and misery. but hey we have to inform hollywood that the cameras have somewhat shifted from haiti to chile so they should go there for the faces to be seen.
Umbetro38
great capture ;-)
casmindo
very nice and I always like the out of the way markets to find the real atmosphere of a town.
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
farmerC
Beautiful work.
flavia49
wonderful series and capture!!
lucindawind
mmmmm it all sounds delicious ! wonderful shot
ysvry
great foto.
Richardphotos
good you were not there for the latest earthquake.I bet the food was delicious
bebert
very nice smiles
Buffalo1
A friendly place with yummy food! Couldn't be better as your photo shows.
auntietk
You're making my hungry, my friend! Wonderful image. I feel like I'm there, like I could just place an order and the food would be here shortly. Nice work!
Alex_Antonov
Beautiful work!