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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 (37)
jascorpio
Beauutiful capture!!!
dragonmuse
How beautiful.
Kaartijer
Cool capture, great scene!
bazza
Lovely capture of this scene, especially the sunset.. well done!
Faemike55
Very beautiful shot! love the sunset
thevolunteer
What a beautiful fishing scene. Love the sunset. Aloha
prutzworks
moody image, well seen and captured
qrud
Very lovely.
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
mairekas
Lovely sunset! Very well done!
emmecielle
Fantastic sunset! :)
micturn
BEautiful
dbrv6
Great sunset
marybelgium
beautiful !
debbielove
Another really beautiful shot.. Amazing sun shot... Great atmos... Wonderful, Sig.. Another stunner! Rob
unstart
An awesome shot..well framed!
beachzz
Beautiful shot!!
annie5
A great spot for fishing! Super atmosphere here/Ext :)
greensleeves81
The three figures on the dock adds more interest into it. Wonderful capture.
flavia49
wonderful mood and sunset!!
Cosme..D..Churruca
like a lot!
casmindo
did they catch anything? Nice shot Sig
farmerC
Fantastic work.
carlx
Wonderful photography!!!
Valentin
Excellent moody photo!!
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent shot!
jocko500
love the lighting. cool looking
Minda
sooo beautiful i wish im there...nice capture sig..
nicki_mcmanus
Great capture! Love the mood it brings.