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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 (26)
ronmolina
Nice shot! You folks must travel a lot to some very interesting places.
bmac62
Hey Sig...you need to put the Captain on your diet and invite him to go swimming with you! Neat photo my friend.
tigertim
Haha.. cool candid shot... looks like they are making a coin toss as to who gets to steer!!.. heads it's the Captain..
jayfar
Nice capture Sig.
emmecielle
Excellent shot! :)
Richardphotos
the one's pants are really dirty. I can not wear white pants as dirt jumps on them. very candid
bobrgallegos
Very interesting shot Sig!
MagikUnicorn
Wondeful shot
Faemike55
'and again I tell you that left is port and right is starboard...." Great candid capture Sig!!!
starship64
Great shot. I wonder what they're talking about.
prutzworks
nice candid
Juliette.Gribnau
cool shot
farmerC
Splendid shot.
illkirch
Fun to imagine what they are talking about
Rob2753
So I will demonstrate the dance once again !!! , You put your left leg in and then ........Very good candid shot and some of the above comments are very amusing :)
drifterlee
Cool shot!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
nefertiabet
Nice shot!!!
flavia49
splendid capture
whaleman
If you are wondering, an easy way to remember is..right, green, starboard are the longest of each word pair, while left, red, port are the shortest of each word pair. Easy peasy!
auntietk
Seven come eleven! Sorry mate, snake eyes again. :P
renecyberdoc
i do hope he does not plays the same "games"than the captain of the costa concordia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia_disaster
dakotabluemoon
Wonderful shot dude.
junge1
@renecyberdoc. He didn't, we all made it back safely!
ontar1
Cool, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
danapommet
You caught some impressive people photos in this series Sig. I like this one!