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 (17)
Faemike55
Looks like one hellofaclimb
Great capture Sig!
virginiese
Nice peak. Great capture !
starship64
Beautiful shot!
farmerC
Shining shot.
ontar1
Beautiful view!
sandra46
wonderful image
MrsRatbag
Wow! Spectacular scene and capture!
Richardphotos
I took a picture from this same vantage point. it is so picturesque and a superb capture
drifterlee
Gorgeous mountain shot!!!!!!
Crudelitas
Fantastic capture, well done. Wonderful landscape!
Buffalo1
Lovely mountains. Glad to see some snow still clinging to the tops in August. There was a lot more when I visited in August back in the 90s.
auntietk
It's such a dramatic range. Wonderful shot!
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful scenery
blankfrancine
Majestic mountain scenery finely captured. Great sense of scale.
anmes
Dramatic mountain scenery..son has just told me they are heading that way next summer.!
The shop signs in my last posting I'm pretty sure were in Rottenburg ob dem Tauber.
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend. God bless.
flavia49
majestic