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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 (25)
renecyberdoc
very nice sig.a legendary road the 66.
bimm3d
superb!!
WilliamEpic3
Amazing, beautiful picture! Excellent POV features 7 layers of depth, including foreground shadows. This adds a lot of enjoyable things to view. The full-sized panorama is highly detailed and totally awesome! Thanks for sharing!!!!
prutzworks
cool desert vista
jarmila
nice sky, interesting place
rainbows
Wonderful place and capture, Sig. Hugs, Di. xx
emmecielle
Splendid panorama, Sig! Fantastic capture! :)
lior
Terrific image:a splendid canyon
flavia49
immense!! splendid panorama!!
farmerC
Fantastic shot.
kgb224
Stunning view and capture my friend.
DreamersWish
I love the shadow play on this one! Beautiful capture. Thank you for sharing.
Faemike55
Very beautiful vista. very diverse
annie5
Superb capture and place! :)
flora-crassella
wonderful landscape!!!!!!!
auntietk
What a gorgeous landscape shot! Light, composition, balance ... everything is just right. You have such an eye for this sort of thing! I must have taken a million landscape shots on our trip back from Kansas, and I bet not one of them approaches this quality. (I'll go back and check though, because you give me hope, my friend!) :) Really fine work.
carlx
Fantastic place and photography, Sig!!!
bmac62
Hi Sig...I've been AWOL from your gallery for too long. Beautiful scenic shot here. See you've been doing more along Route 66...I'll check them out. I first drove from Fort Knox, KY to my first assignment at Fort Irwin, CA in September 1962...took Route 66 almost the entire way (driving an Austin Healy). Little did I know at the time that Route 66 soon would be replaced by more and more Interstate roads. So, your shots are all very nostalgic for me.
drifterlee
Beautiful shot!!!!!
sandra46
WONDERFUL SHOT
bazza
Fabulous capture great scenic view.. wonderful!!
danapommet
Beautiful landscape and gorgeous sky. Dana
amanda_a42
A breath taking image! I really should go there sometime soon again, it is such an amazing territory!
Buffalo1
Beautiful Arizona vista. Happy Thanksgiving, Sig!
jascorpio
Marvelous shot!!!