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 (15)
UteBigSmile
SunriseGirl
A very beautiful boat. I wonder was this a separate trip to Argentina or were you there for several years in a row?
junge1
@SunriseGirl. This was a separate trip in November 2006. Two weeks to Buenos Aires, the Rio Parana Delta in Argentina and Montevideo, Punto del Este and the Uruguayan Riviera in Uruguay. No driving, used the train, bus, and ferry.
In 2003-04 I went 30 days to Chile and Argentina with a rental car, drove about 10,000 km in 3 weeks, the 4th week no driving.
durleybeachbum
A fascinating photo!
giulband
Wonderful capture !!
ontar1
Cool, great capture!
Faemike55
Fabulous capture
sandra46
GREAT SHOT
farmerC
Shining work.
virginiese
a very funny place for a casino. Great capture of this boat !
flavia49
great capture
Richardphotos
I wonder if Maverick ever played on Star of Fortuna?. great shot
MrsRatbag
Funny, I immediately thought of Maverick when I saw this too; what a strange thing to see down there, and a wonderful shot!
trevoralanga1
You captured an amazing picture, it reminds me of the yacht that docked in Israel, it was used as a gambling casino for years, it is not in operationcasino
trevoralanga1
You captured an amazing picture, it reminds me of the yacht that docked in Israel, it was used as a gambling casino for years, it is not in operation anymore.