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 (32)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
adrie
Cool photoshot and POV my friend.
Jean-Luc_Ajrarn
Wow... Thanks for sharing! :)
renecyberdoc
yeah an awesome system they had.
jayfar
Fantastically clever.
UVDan
Very clever indeed!
nefertiabet
Great shot and interesting story!!!
tigertim
Very cool.. so small.. but then not made for Europeans!!... kind of reminds me of Hogan's heroes!
npauling
You had to be very small to fit down these tunnels too. An excellent capture.
Faemike55
Dang! Tigertim hit it beautifully with Hogan's Heroes.
munich68
Mmmh seltsam, solche Kopfbedeckungen habe ich auch lange Zeit getragen..... nur nich so eckich.....;-))) Scheint wieder in Mode zu kommen.....
Minda
stunning shot and Great story sig...Hope everything well with you.
bazza
Interesting capture of these tunnel entrances looks like they are well hidden, wonder how they found them at night or during the day even..
lyron
Cool picture!!!
UteBigSmile
♥ Nice capture! Da bleiben die Dicken aber alle hängen, aber diese Soldaten waren ja alle mehr oder weniger kleine und magere, zu der Zeit gab's ja auch nicht viel zu futtern!
farmerC
Shining shot.
ragouc
Good shot
drifterlee
Wow! Small. I would freak out!
pat40
very good pic
bobrgallegos
Great POV of this very small opening Sig!
flavia49
fabulous shot and series!!!
sandra46
REALLY IMPRESSIVE
bebert
:))) EXCELLENT capture
Richardphotos
I am not the best for being a spelunker unless I can at least crawl on my knees. beautiful lady you captured there
emmecielle
Great shot!
auntietk
I never imagined entrances like this! You increase my knowledge by leaps and bounds. :)
Hendesse
Great shot and very interesting informations.
debbielove
You can see why they caused so much trouble... But, I have to say I would NOT go down there... It would freak me out mate.. Excellent idea of how small it was, thanks.. Rob
moochagoo
The reason why french and american soldiers didnt win war.
starship64
I guess you had to be skinny to get into those tunnels. Nice shot.