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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,
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Comments (21)
Cyve
Fabulous capture !!!
tigertim
Cool photo!! Nice accompaniment to the previous post.
flavia49
great shot
MagikUnicorn
B E A U T Y
Faemike55
Very cool capture that is a lot of people and vehicles
auntietk
This must have been the 'after' picture ... she's riding pretty high in the water! I love watching ships, seeing cargo of all kinds loading and unloading. We lived in a house with a view of the Tacoma tide flats when I was in high school, and I'd sit out on the deck or in front of the living room window and be entertained for hours!
SunriseGirl
I love the way the ship is highlighted by the light dark contrast. Thanks for sharing
whaleman
Very nice shot!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
jayfar
Beautifully clean and a super shot.
adrie
Very cool and great photoshot my friend.
Rob2753
The small car alongside really puts the ships size into perspective, I was always fascinated by ships unloading and watched as all manner of things came ashore :) great shot :)
illkirch
Impressive ship
pat40
Impressive
drifterlee
Gorgeous ship and shot!
farmerC
Fantastic shot.
sandra46
EXCELLENT WORK
starship64 Online Now!
Great shot!
danapommet
A very different looking ferry Sig - it is amazing what they can carry and how fast they do it!
erlandpil
great shot erland
Richardphotos
beautiful ship and low light foto when I lived in Houston I past the ship channel almost every day and the auto carrier ships would be unloading for a week or more 24 hours per day. I was told at that time they were carrying 8,000 cars plus each journey from Japan. now they must carry more