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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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SHIP OR STATION Aviation Supply Depot, Pearl Harbor DATE 9 December 1946 FROM: Comdr. Karl A. GRAHN, SC, USN (81449) COMMANDING OFFICER TO: BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, NAVY DEPARTMENT SUBJECT: REPORT OF LEAVE OF ABSENCE. REPORT OF AUTHORIZER OR LAW COUNTING AS LEAVE OF ABSENCE. IN CONFORMITY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF U. S. NAVY REGULATIONS, I REPORT THE FOLLOWING LEAVE OF ABSENCE KEN BY: TAKEN BY: NAME NEWHOUSE Delbert Clement FILE NO. 177283 LAST FIRST MIDDLE RANK AND CORPS LT LINE SIGNAL NO. UNDER ORDERS OF CO End-1 to Request for Leave DATED 25 Nov 46 NOTE: USE EITHER (A) OR (B). DO NOT USE BOTH FOR SAME LEAVE. (A) LEAVE: TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS, INCLUDING ANY TRAVEL TIME ___ FOUR ___ (B) DELAY COUNTING AS LEAVE OR LEAVE BETWEEN STATIONS: TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS, EXCLUDING PREPARATION PERIOD OF 4 DAYS AND EXCLUDING ALLOWANCE FOR TRAVEL TIME FROM OLD TO NEW STATION VIA SHORTEST USUALLY TRAVELED ROUTE... INSERT INCLUSIVE DATES TO AGREE WITH NUMBER OF DAYS LEAVE. SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. COMMENCING DATE 3 December 1946 EXPIRING DATE INSTRUCTIONS: 1. THE DAY OF DEPARTURE FROM STATION OR DUTY COUNTS AS A DAY OF DUTY: THE DAY OF RETURN AS A DAY OF LEAVE. THIS REFERS TO LEAVE TAKEN WHEN NOT DETACHED FROM SHIP OR STATION (SEE ARTICLE 1727, NAVY REGULATIONS). 2. IN CASES OF AUTHORIZED DELAY COUNTING AS LEAVE, THIS FORM SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN ADDITION TO THE B-SLIP FORM. 3. THIS REPORT WILL BE MADE AT EXPIRATION OF LEAVE BY THE IMMEDIATE SUPERIOR OF THE OFFICER TO WHOM THE LEAVE IS GRANTED AND FORWARDED IMMEDIATELY TO THE NAVY DEPARTMENT (BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL). CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO INSURE THAT CORRECT NUMBER OF DAYS OF LEAVE IS REPORTED AND CORRESPONDS WITH THE INCLUSIVE DATES REPORTED.
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