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This 1957 U.S. Navy personnel file was released under the U.S. Department of War name. It covers Chief Photographer Delbert Clement Newhouse, CWO-4, USN. It holds Records of Emergency Data from 1955 to 1957, a 2 May 1957 request that changed his home of record to Pensacola, Florida, and vouchers for his dependents' travel. It also includes fitness reports from his time as Photographic Officer at the U.S. Naval Base at Santa Elena Bay, Ecuador, and with the Fifteenth Naval District in 1942 and 1943. The file contains no UFO material.
From the source:Release of 2026-09-18 Incident: 5/2/57, N/A. This file contains the final personnel record of U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse, who left naval service as a Chief Warrant Officer 4, then the highest Warrant Officer grade. In July 1952, Newhouse recorded 16mm motion-picture film near Tremonton, Utah; the film later became the subject of a Project Blue Book investigation. Project Blue Book was the U.S. Air Force program active from 1952 to 1969 that investigated the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). In addition to documenting routine assignments and training, the file records Newhouse’s career progression as a Photographer’s Mate, a Navy enlisted specialty responsible for photography and related imaging work. Project Blue Book investigators characterized Newhouse as an expert photographer based on his naval experience.
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RECORD OF EMERGENCY DATA SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE BEFORE MAKING ENTRIES 1. DESIGNATOR'S LAST NAME—FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME 2. PRESENT SERVICE NO. 3. RANK/RATE 4. SERVICE 5. DATE OF BIRTH NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement 6-5-13 6. HOME ADDRESS AT TIME OF LAST ENTRY INTO SERVICE (City, county, and State) Garibaldi, Tillamook, Oregon 7. FORMER SERVICE NO. 393 07 21 DESIGNATIONS FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME ADDRESS RELATIONSHIP 8. PERSON TO BE NOTIFIED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Norma Isobel NEWHOUSE 3581 SE Grant Court Portland, Oregon Wife 9. BENEFICIARY FOR GRATUITY PAY IN EVENT THERE IS NO SURVIVING SPOUSE OR ELIGIBLE CHILD Principal Edith May RICHTER PO Box 127 Garibaldi, Oregon Mother Contingent Darrel Edwin NEWHOUSE Rt. 6, Box 756 Tacoma, Washington Brother 10. BENEFICIARY FOR SERVICEMEN'S INDEMNITY (PL29, 82d Congress) (All prior designations are canceled. Designation for indemnity does not affect insurance (NSLI or USGLI) beneficiary designation) Principal SHARE $ Not Applicable. NSLI SHARE $ Contingent SHARE $ SHARE $ 11. BENEFICIARY OR BENEFICIARIES FOR UNPAID PAY AND ALLOWANCES (PL147, 84th Congress) Principal SHARE 100 % Norma Isobel NEWHOUSE 3581 SE Grant Court Portland, Oregon Wife SHARE % 12. PERSON TO RECEIVE ALLOTMENT OF PAY IF MISSING OR UNABLE TO TRANSMIT FUNDS PERCENT OF PAY EACH MO. 80% Norma Isobel NEWHOUSE 3581 SE Grant Court Portland, Oregon Wife 13. PERSON TO RECEIVE PERSONAL EFFECTS FOR SAFEKEEPING Commanding Officer 14. COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANIES TO BE NOTIFIED IN CASE OF DEATH IN ACTIVE SERVICE FULL NAME AND ADDRESS OF COMPANY ADDRESS OF OFFICE RECEIVING PAYMENT OR HOME OFFICE POLICY NO. California Western State Life Insurance Company Sacramento, California 399422 FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME (If deceased, so state) 15. FATHER Noah Franklin NEWHOUSE Unknown 16. MOTHER Edith May RICHTER PO Box 127, Garibaldi, Oregon 17. WIFE OR HUSBAND (If none, so state) Norma Isobel NEWHOUSE 3581 SE Grant Court, Portland 15, Oregon 18. NAME OF CHILDREN (If none, so state. If step or adopted, so state) ADDRESS MARRIED SEX DATE OF BIRTH Delbert Carroll NEWHOUSE Anne Lisbet NEWHOUSE X M 19. ORGANIZATION AND ADDRESS OF DESIGNATOR Utility Squadron FIVE, NAVY #3835, c/o FPO, San Francisco, California DELBERT CLEMENT NEWHOUSE 20. DATE SIGNED 2-9, 56 21. SIGNATURE OF WITNESS A. C. WALKER, LT, USNR-R 22. SIGNATURE OF DESIGNATOR DD FORM 1 OCT 55 93-1 For Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard use: Will be used in lieu of DD Form 93.
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