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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. SERVICE NO. 3. GRADE OR RATE 4. SERVICE NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement 177283 CHPHOT USN 5. MARITAL STATUS Married 6. FULL NAME OF SPOUSE Norma Isobel NEWHOUSE 7. ADDRESS (Number, street, city, zone, and State) 3581 S.E. Grant Court, Portland 15, Oregon 8. CHILDREN (List each child of any marriage. If none, so state) FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME ADDRESS MARITAL STATUS SEX DATE OF BIRTH Delbert Carroll NEWHOUSE Anne Lisbet NEWHOUSE 3581 S.E. Grant Court, Portland 15, Oregon 3581 S.E. Grant Court, Portland 15, Oregon Single Single M F 9. NAME OF FATHER OR MALE GUARDIAN Noah Frank NEWHOUSE 10. ADDRESS IF LIVING—IF DECEASED SO STATE Portland, Oregon 11. NAME OF MOTHER OR FEMALE GUARDIAN Edith May RICHTER 12. ADDRESS IF LIVING—IF DECEASED SO STATE Box 127, Garibaldi, Oregon IN THE EVENT THAT I AM NOT SURVIVED BY A SPOUSE OR ELIGIBLE CHILD I DESIRE THAT PAYMENT OF 6 MONTHS' DEATH GRATUITY BE MADE TO THE RELATIVE SHOWN BELOW. (The name of father or mother must be repeated if it is desired that he or she receive payment) 13. FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME 14. RELATIONSHIP 15. ADDRESS Edith May RICHTER Mother Box 127, Garibaldi, Oregon 16. ALTERNATE RELATIVE 17. RELATIONSHIP 18. ADDRESS Darrel Edwin NEWHOUSE Brother Rt 6, Box 756, Tacoma, Washington 19. IN THE EVENT THAT I AM LISTED AS MISSING OR OTHER MILITARY CIRCUMSTANCES PREVENT ME FROM TRANSMITTING FUNDS TO MY DEPENDENTS, IT IS MY DESIRE THAT FIRST NAME—MIDDLE NAME—LAST NAME Norma Isobel NEWHOUSE ADDRESS 3581 S.E. Grant Court, Portland 15, Oregon RECEIVE EACH MONTH 90 PERCENT OF MY PAY 20. I REQUEST THE FOLLOWING COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANIES BE OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED IN CASE OF MY DEATH IN ACTIVE SERVICE NAME OF COMPANY ADDRESS OF HOME OFFICE POLICY NO. Pilot Life Insurance Company California Western States National Service Life Insurance Government Life Insurance Greensboro, North Carolina Sacramento, California Veterans Administration, Wash., D.C. Veterans Administration, Wash., D.C. 321583 399422 V-77-44-32 K 948 857 21. DESIGNATION OR CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY—SERVICEMEN'S INDEMNITY (PL 23, 82d Cong.) (Does not operate as a designation or change of beneficiary of any insurance contracts issued by United States Government) ALL PREVIOUS DESIGNATIONS OF PRINCIPAL AND CONTINGENT BENEFICIARIES, IF ANY, UNDER SERVICEMEN'S INDEMNITY ACT OF 1951, ARE HEREBY CANCELED, AND IT IS DIRECTED THAT SAID INDEMNITY BE PAID TO: NAME RELATIONSHIP SHARE OR AMOUNT TO EACH BENEFICIARY Norma Isobel NEWHOUSE Wife 100 per cent WITNESSED BY (Signature on all copies) G. L. LUCAS SIGNATURE OF SERVICEMAN (Sign all copies) GRADE OR RATE OF WITNESS Lieutenant-USNR- R SERVICE NO. 290572 DATE SIGNED 30 March 1955 DD 1 FEB 52 93 Replaces D,D Form 93,1 Jul 50, which may be used. 16----67492-1
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