en route from subic bay to waters off the coast of vietnam, "vance" rescued capt. leland d. holcomb, usaf, who had ejected from a burning f-100 super sabre fighter plane. "vance" took station in operation market time on 11 april 1965. up until 24 april, it operated near the 17th parallel as a part of task unit (tu) 71.1.1 during the assignment, the ship maintained communications between airborne ec-121k and commander, tu 71.1.1, in . subsequently, from 15 may to 4 june, "vance" returned to "market time" surface surveillance, this time in the gulf of thailand near the border dividing south vietnam from cambodia. it operated in company with small minesweepers (moss) and embarked a vietnamese navy liaison officer to aid in the ship's "visit and search" activities. the crew continued these activities until sailing for hawaii early in september and arrived at pearl harbor on 18 june.