Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Albert Anthony Francovich i te 23 o Hānuere 1920, ki Shamokin, Pennsylvania ki roto i tētahi whānau Croatian-American. I uru ia ki te US Navy i te 8 o Poutu-te-rangi 1939. I te wā o te pakanga o te Motu o Horomona, i te wā e mahi tahi ana tētahi kaipūkaha waka rererangi me tētahi kapa paterehi i te akomanga tuatahi
I mate a Francovich i roto i te mahi i roto i te whakaeke ki tetahi kaipuke rererangi e wha-a-rererangi a Japan i te 6 o Mahuru 1942. I whakawhiwhia a Francovich i muri i tana matenga ki te Navy Cross mo tana toa ki te tu ki tana pu ahakoa i whara mate ia.