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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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## AIRMAIL From: Chief of Naval Personnel To: CHPHOT, W-4 Delbert C. NEWHOUSE, USN Pacific Fleet Photo-Triangulation Group Via: Commander, Training Command, Pacific Fleet Subj: Orders relieving you of all active duty incident to your retirement Ref: (a) Sections 1 and 5, Chapter 14, BuPers Manual (b) BuPers Instruction 1811.1A 1888 1. Your request to be transferred to the retired list was approved by the Secretary of the Navy, effective 1 April 1960. 2. When directed by your commanding officer on 31 March 1960 you will regard yourself detached from all duties which may have been assigned you and will proceed to your home of selection. You will regard yourself relieved of all active duty in the Navy effective at 2400 on date of detachment. 3. On 1 April 1960 you will be transferred to the retired list with the rank of Chief Photographer, W-4 pursuant to the provisions of Title 10 U.S. Code, Sections 1293, 1315 and 1371. 4. It having been determined that you served satisfactorily in the rank of lieutenant you are hereby advanced, effective 1 April 1960 to the rank of lieutenant on the retired list and with the retired pay based on the rank of Chief Photographer, W-4, pursuant to the provisions of Title 10, U. S. Code, Section 6151 as amended. 5. Attention is invited to references (a) and (b) concerning general information affecting the retirement of officers. 6. If you are hospitalized at any time during the period preceding the date of your retirement, you should advise the Chief of Naval Personnel by message concerning the diagnosis, prognosis, and probable period of hospitalization. 7. You will not be required to take a new physical examination unless a material change in your physical condition has occurred subsequent to your recent retirement physical examination. 8. It is requested that you report your mail address in accordance with Article B-2206 (7), Bureau of Naval Personnel Manual. 4 - MAR 1980 9. Accounting data 1701453.2218 030 22/31600.140 10. Enter in item llc, DD Form 214: BuPers ltr Pers-B721-cbc-2 of 29 February 1960, 569, Voluntary retirement after twenty years' service - Warrant Officer - 10 USC 1293. Copy to: NAVFINCEN CLEVE SPD (2) Jacket copy Pers-B74 B812 B115 B721 B1314 B52(2) 021081 W. R. SMEDBERG, III
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 585 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.