On the return trip the destroyers found eight more mines and exploded them. This proved to be all, for the enemy had neglected an opportunity to make the waters around Inchon dangerous for the attack force. The next morning, when the destroyers paid another visit to Wolmi-do, the shore guns appeared to have been effectually silenced. The DDs fired more than 1,700 5-inch shells and drew only a few scattered shots in reply. Meanwhile, the Marine planes of VMFs-214 and -323, having returned from Sasebo, cooperated by spotting for the cruisers and launching napalm strikes before and after the bombardment. On the evening of 14 September, after five days of continual pounding, Wolmi-do was a blasted piece of real estate as the Marines of 3/5 prepared to hit GREEN Beach in the morning. _Marine Landings on GREEN Beach_ The pre-dawn stillness of the Yellow Sea was shattered as the Corsairs of VMFs-214 and -323 flashed up from the decks of the _Sicily_ and _Badoeng Strait_. To the west the planes of Task Force 77 were assembling in attack formations above the _Valley Forge_, _Philippine Sea_, and _Boxer_. Squadron after squadron droned eastward through the blackness, and the first aircraft began orbiting over the objective area at 0454.[122] [122] ComAirSupGrp and ComCarDiv 15 _Report of Operations 6–21 Sep 50_; 1st MAW _SAR_, Annex Item: Baker, 4. Two hours earlier, Advance Attack Group 90.1, under Captain Norman W. Sears, USN, had glided into the entrance of Flying Fish channel. Led by the _Mansfield_, the column of 19 ships snaked through the treacherous passage while captains and navigators sweated over radar scopes. Lieutenant Clark’s handiwork provided a welcome relief midway along the route, when the glimmering beacon on Palmi-do guided the vessels past one of the more dangerous points in the channel. Minutes after air cover began to form over Inchon, the ships eased into the narrows west of Wolmi-do and sought assigned battle stations. Training their big guns on the port city were the cruisers _Toledo_, _Rochester_, _Kenya_, and _Jamaica_, comprising one of the three Fire Support Units under Admiral Higgins. Other support vessels scattered throughout the waters of the objective area were the destroyers _Collet_, _Gurke_, _Henderson_, _Mansfield_, _De Haven_, _Swenson_, and _Southerland_; and this array of fire power was further supplemented by the three bristling rocket ships, LSMR’s 401, 403, and 404.[123] [123] 1st MarDiv _OpOrder_ 2-50; Karig, _Korea_, 213.