digital poppie
the world's only website dedicated to one really cool dude, leo "poppie" jacobin
this is poppie and me in denver during the late 60's and early 70's...poppie
is the one on the right...most of our shots together look just about like
this...with our arms around eachother...i can't decide which of us has the
spiffier outfits...but i'm guessing mine were more comfortable...
the center of poppie's life
takes the center of this
page...my gramma
crissy...she still lives on
the same street in this
photo...and she actually
looks just about the same
too (that poppie had good
taste!)...the keys to her
longevity are simple...
first, she shakes her hands
to keep the blood flowing
and second...she's full of a
lot of bps...
poppie served in the pacific during world war II...his boat withstood a deadly
typhoon en route to provide cover for General MacArthur...his was the only boat to
abandon their orders to pull capsized sailors out of the water...poppie's expert
shooting skills earned him the task of picking off sharks in the water that were
circling the men...they saved dozens of men who would have certainly died...he even
sewed the victory flag that he's helping to hold up on the right...i first saw that
flag during one of his navy reunions...you could still smell the saltwater...the shot
on the left was taken the day the boys returned to the states after the war...they
stopped in a bar called "the derby" in san francisco to celebrate their last day
together...it's a bank today...poppie's buddies in the photo are actually named "doc"
and "champ"...
poppie had his own sporting goods store...which gave him plenty of time to chat
fishing with his buddies...he could usually catch double what anyone else
could...sometimes triple...poppie helped me reel in my first fish there on the
right...he took me to a trout farm where you pay by the fish...i liked it so
much that i refused to leave...it was the first and last time i out-fished him...
so was this taken 10...20...30 years ago?...or just this
morning?...you be the judge...poppie is gone but he'll never be
forgotten...zoe and ryan say "hi"...we miss you poppie...
digital poppie
poppie's war efforts
recently made the news
when the story of his
boat's heroics were
featured on the history
channel...it was aired
about the same time that
crissy was able to track
down the victory flag
that poppie had sewn...i
really wanted that
flag...i have it now and
it will stay in the
family until 2145...then
it will be given to the
smithsonian on its 200
year anniversary...i
wonder if it will still
smell like saltwater...
thank you for visiting