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Re-Entry Trophy-Deep Sea Drilling Project officials and drillers are shown with the first core taken with the re-entry capability on June 14, 1970. The picture was taken on the automatic pipe-racker aboard D/ V Glomar Challenger. First row, left to right, James A. Ruddell, Dan W. Womack, Homer Smith, Charles b. Simons, Waylong F. Brown, A.C. Wheeler, Jr., and Carl Pascuzzo. Second row, Sam Dooley, David Billington, Max Stillwell, Art Bedwell, John Cole and Leon C. Blurton, who was Global Marine Inc. Project Officer for re-entry. Last row, Project Engineer Darrell L. Simms, of DSDP; A.R. McLerran, of the National Science Foundation, Captain Joe Clarke, of the Glomar Challenger; Travel Rayburn, Drilling superintendent, and V.F. (Swede) Larson; Operations Manager for DSDP. Larson and Sims co-directed re-entry trials for the Deep sea Drilling Project

Re-Entry Trophy-Deep Sea Drilling Project officials and drillers are shown with the first core taken with the re-entry cap...