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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 (23)
jocko500
wow this is cool looking gun.
jayfar
That really is a whopper! Super 'shot' Sig.
rocdan
now thats one big erection ,excellent capture
emmecielle
Excellent capture, Sig! :)
adrie
Great and interesting photoshot my friend.
sandra46
GREAT CAPTURE
flavia49
wonderful image
UVDan
Nice photo of the big gun. I like how the tree frames the foreground.
Faemike55
Very cool weapon Great capture
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
renecyberdoc
man when this one burps then it burps.
UteBigSmile
Mesnch, das muss ein richtiges Höllenfahrzeug gewesen sein!
lyron
Amazing!!
farmerC
Fantastic shot.
Cyve
Excelent capture my friend !!!
ontar1
Love the pov!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Richardphotos
even has a grader blade to fix it's own level place to shoot. the sound must have been deafening . very interesting display
bobrgallegos
Great capture Sig!!
Jay-el-Jay
It looks like one powerful weapon.I am glad to see that it is know capped off and no longer used for destuction.
starship64
Great picture. It's good to see they're taking care of those old warriors.
whaleman
Quite a piece of ordnance!
tigertim
Cool capture.. I don't remember this diplay!!.. memory card must be failing!
danapommet
That is a monster piece of artillery. Actually a nice display of equipment out there!