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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..
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Comments (31)
drifterlee
Oh, what a cute little fellow!
bazza
He/she looks so neat nice capture Sig..
lior
A so wonderful capture!
flora-crassella
what a cute guy!!!! Wonderful shot!!!!!
farmerC
Shining.
j-dwarf
wonderful capture
Bossie_Boots
Superb capture looks so cute !!
Minda
This is Very cute sig Very Nice capture..:)
flavia49
wonderful portrait/ capture!
flaviok
Fascinante, captura magnifica meu amigo, aplausos (5)
Faemike55
Wonderful capture, Sig. it looks like he is scoping out the new territory
Lashia
Great candid capture of this little guy, looks like his attention is elsewhere! Beautiful image- thanks for sharing! :-)
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npauling
Well he's a cutie isn't he. A beautiful capture.
jif3d
They look cute, but obviously they are up to no good and are also camera hogs !...LOL Neat Nature capture & ~Cheers~
kittybabe
great capture
auntietk
I suppose there are people from other parts of the world who would consider squirrels and crows to be exotic, just like I stare at this little critter with my mouth open! To hear this is one of many, that they're everywhere, just boggles my mind. Thank you for sharing the world with us, my friend!
bebert
excellent capture.
fallen21
Excellent shot.
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
carlx
Fantastic capture!!!
renecyberdoc
fine capture sig.
nefertiabet
Lovely shot and thanks for the info :-)
lyron
Fantastic capture!!
MagikUnicorn
Splendid!
sandra46
EXCELLENT IMAGE! WELL DONE!
debbielove
A really great picture of a very small monkey! Great shot Sig, I'm impressed I must admit! Well done. Rob
jocko500
so cute looking
bobrgallegos
Awesome photo and narrative!!
danapommet
Impressive capture Sig. I've seen the Golden Marmosets before but these guys must be hard to find with the earth tone colors. Dana
erlandpil
He/she looks so neat erland