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unusual facts about Leonard A. Abercrombie


Leonard A. Abercrombie

During the American Civil War he served as lieutenant colonel of Col. Henry M. Elmore's Twentieth Texas Infantry.


1979 Nahariya attack

According to Leonard A. Cole, Smadar Haran led a campaign in Israel to honor the victims of terrorism just as it does its fallen soldiers.

According to Leonard A. Cole, In 2003 Samadar Haran opposed the release of Samir Kuntar in exchange for the bodies of the 3 Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah during the 2000 Hezbollah cross-border raid, and for Elchanan Tannenbaum, the Israeli businessman and former IDF colonel who was kidnapped by Hezbollah in Dubai after being lured out of Israel under the false pretenses of a drug deal.

Chugach Mountains

in 1898 United States Army Captain William R. Abercrombie spelled the name "Chugatch" and applied it to the mountains.

David Abercrombie

David T. Abercrombie (1867–1931), American entrepreneur whose outfitting company, with co-founder Ezra Fitch, Abercrombie & Fitch, came to exemplify, at start of 20th century, modern American outdoor lifestyle brand

David T. Abercrombie

Abercrombie later came to study at Baltimore City College and became a practicing civil engineer and topographer, including explorer and chief of survey for Norfolk & Western Railroad in the coal and timber lands of West Virginia.

Fort Liscum

In 1899, Captain William R. Abercrombie designated a site for a military reservation at Port Valdez.

Leonard A. Funk, Jr.

On January 29, 1945, he was serving as a first sergeant in Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division at Holzheim Belgium when he encountered a group of more than 80 German soldiers, most of whom had previously been captured by American forces but, with the help of a German patrol, had managed to overwhelm their guards.

Leonard A. Payne

Leonard Allan Payne died on 18 February 1919 while serving with the Army of Occupation in Germany.

Thomas Abercrombie

Thomas A. Abercrombie (born 1951), professor of anthropology at New York University

Thomas J. Abercrombie (1930–2006), adventurer, photographer and writer for National Geographic

Thomas J. Abercrombie

Other notable coverage includes his photographs of Jacques Cousteau and his crew aboard Cousteau's vessel the Calypso and the transit of the first white tiger from India to the United States.


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