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 (10)
Faemike55
Cool shot
durleybeachbum
Strangely depressing!
Buffalo1 Online Now!
Old school by the highway shopping!
T.Rex
What do the people live on? Farming? I've always wondered with these off the beaten track places. Nice photo. More alive than the motel. I bet everyone knows everyone in a place like this. Keep up the good work! :-)
LivingPixels
Excellent clear shot!!
junge1
@T.Rex! The majority of the people here have farming related jobs, i.e. field workers, farm truck drivers, well drillers, small shops that sell and repair farm related equipment, a garage that services cars and trucks and most of them have an acre or two of desert land with a pre-fabricated home on it that allows them maybe to grow some corn and vegetables and raise some chickens. The Harquahala Valley encompasses about 100 sq miles and I would estimate that there are about 100 or so people that live here, but I could be off!.
junge1
@T.Rex! They also have something in common. They are fiercely independent, they don' like government interference, and they are probably all Republicans and voted for Trump.There are some Mexicans here (I call all Latinos Mexicans which the majority of them are, but not all), but these Latinos usually have come to the US as migrant workers and have been here for generations, and is them that do most of the actual field work.
ontar1
Cool, great capture!
virginiese
I love the colorful advertisement for Coors.It's great to see your explanations about how peoples live there. The have a very hard live !
flavia49
very nice