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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 (23)
Cyve
Marvelous place and fantastic view... I love this seascape also !!!
MrsRatbag
Looks a little cool, which is perfect in my opinion! Beautiful vista!
jocko500
wonderful
ArtistKimberly
Fantastic Work,
flavia49
wpnderful view
Faemike55
Wonderful view and capture. Sorry to hear you didn't score the Oysters on the Half Shell!! I love them myself!
Richardphotos
very beautiful view and detailed for a hazy day
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
starship64
What a gorgeous place! And a beautiful shot, too.
giulband
Beautiful shot !!
durleybeachbum
Beautiful! It looks quite a lot like much of our South West coast here.
virginiese Online Now!
Nice landscape and capture !
UteBigSmile
Das sieht ja zauberhaft aus!
soffy
What a wonderful view and capture****
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful
JeffersonAF
Beautiful.
ontar1
A very beautiful view!
SunriseGirl
Wonderful view even if you did not get any oysters.
drifterlee
Very beautiful!!!
farmerC
Shining shot.
sandra46
WONDERFUL IMAGE
X-PaX
Very nice capture. Well done.
auntietk
What a pretty harbor! I love seeing all the boats.