 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 1 September 1954, Balduck akabva kuSan Diego ndokuenda kuYokosuka, Japan, achizivisa kuAmphibious Transport Division 31. Yakasvika pana 14 October 1954 paHai Phong, Indochina, uye yakabatsira mukubviswa kweVietnamese. Akabva aenda kuTachen Islands, achisvika ikoko musi wa9 February 1955, kwaakashanda nemapoka eTask Force 77 panguva yekubviswa kwevanhu.Varwi vechiChinese nevasiri varwi. Pakati pa 1 March na 17 March, Balduck yakafamba nechikwata chebasa pakati peYokosuka neSan Diego. Pashure pokugadziriswa, akashanda kunze kweSan Diego pane anti-submarine, amphibious, uye air defense training exercises. 