Ka kammala wannan magana: A watan Janairu na shekara ta 1955, ya soma aikinsa na farko a yammacin Pacific tun lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan isowarta, ta shiga cikin kwashe 'yan kasar Sin daga tsibirin Tachen. Bayan wannan aikin, ta yi aiki a kan sintiri na Taiwan Strait. "Stoddard" ya bi jadawalin turawa zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya ya canza tare da ayyukan yammacin gabar teku a duk sauran ayyukanta. A cikin shekaru 10 na farko, ta mai da hankali kan yankin Tekun Kudancin China-Taiwan Strait saboda wannan shine babban matsalar matsalar Amurka a yammacin Pacific, kodayake a 1961,
Rikicin Laotian ya kawo ta yankin kudu maso gabashin Asiya, inda ba da daɗewa ba za ta mai da hankali ga duk ƙoƙarin ta. A lokacinta a tashar jiragen ruwa a San Diego, ta bayyana a cikin fim din 1963 "A Ticklish Affair".