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 (21)
giulband
Marvelous place !!
-Timberwolf-
I'd like to go there one day
Juliette.Gribnau
beautiful capture; those trees are HIGH !!!
SunriseGirl
What a gorgeous drive.
longprong
Amazing....would love to visit....must check the lottery :)
ontar1
Wow, that is an amazing place, would love to visit there!
virginiese Online Now!
these trees are just stunning. I love big trees :-)
Richardphotos
love the drive. great subject and capture
farmerC
This shot shows the large size and very well see
Faemike55
wonderful
X-PaX
Da kommt man sich ganz klein vor bei diesen Giganten. Das zeigst Du auf diesem Foto sehr eindrucksvoll. Beautiful capture. Well done.
UteBigSmile
npauling
How wonderful to be able to drive so close to these magnificent trees. I'm glad they didn't chop them down to get the road through. A superb capture. ☺
Buffalo1
Mother Nature sure knows her stuff. Lovely.
durleybeachbum
Just amazing!
junge1
The times when they were chopped down are over. They are protected by law!
MrsRatbag
Spectacular!
jocko500
cool
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend. God bless.
ArtistKimberly
Outstanding,
flavia49
wonderful