 Returning to Japan on 28 January, she resumed sea patrols until departing Yokosuka on 3 April for San Diego.After arrival on 24 April, "James E. Kyes" operated out of San Diego until sailing for the western Pacific on 23 June 1950, two days before North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel to sweep down through South Korea.Ordered by President Harry S. Truman to give South Korean troops "cover and support," the Navy placed the 7th Fleet on alert from Formosa to Japan.