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Smiles of Success-Four Deep Sea Drilling Project key officials are holding the first sediment core ever recovered through the re-entry procedure. Left to right, Operations Manager Valdemar F. Larson; A.R. McLerran, National Science Foundation Field Operations Officer; Project Engineer Darrell L. Sims; and Project Manager Kenneth E. Brunot. Re-Entry was achieved and the first core recovered off New York in June of 1970 in 10,000 feet of water

Smiles of Success-Four Deep Sea Drilling Project key officials are holding the first sediment core ever recovered through ...