While on protection detail in Wonsan Harbor as support for the Marine observation team on a small island, "Stormes" was involved in the rescue operation of a B-29 bomber that had been shot down while returning from a mission. Of the eleven man crew, seven of the crew were rescued, the others were killed outright by gun fire from the Migs. The survivors parachuted into the sea off the coast and subsequently picked up by "Stormes" and other ships in the immediate area.