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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.
## (m) (Continued). From February 1943 to June 1943. Staff, Commandant FIFTEENTH Naval District. Duties: Coordination of District photographic activities. From August 1942 to February 1943. Advanced Base "GAMMA", later designated as USNavBase, Santa Elena Bay, Ecuador. Duties: Administration of the Ordnance Department and duties as Photographic Officer, Athletic Officer, and Welfare Officer. From November 1940 to August 1942. Rate: CPhoM & PhoM1 NAS, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Duties: Administration and operation of photographic laboratory, production of aerial photographic maps and aerial and ground photography. From June 1939 to November 1940. Rate: PhoM1 Patrol Squadron FOURTEEN (Redesignated from VP-45). Duties: Aerial and ground photography. From April 1936 to June 1939. Rate: PhoM1, 2, & 3. NAS, San Diego, California. Duties: Aerial and ground photography. From December 1935 to April 1936. Rate: PhoM3 Bombing Squadron ONE-B. Duties: Aerial and ground photography. From June 1935 to December 1935. Rate: PhoM3 & S1. NAS, Pensacola, Florida. Duties: Under instruction at Naval School of Photography. From November 1934 to June 1935. Rate: S1 Scouting Squadron THREE-B. Duties: Photographic Striker. From June 1933 to November 1934 Rate: S1 & S2 Flag Unit, Commander Aircraft Battle Force. Duties: Yeoman Striker. From January 1933 to June 1933 Rate: S2 & AS Naval Training Station, San Diego, California. Duties: Recruit Training. (n) Special naval qualifications and naval service schools attended: 1. Naval School of Photography, NAS Pensacola, Florida. (o) Awards, decorations, and medals: 1. Good Conduct Medal. 2. American Defense, w/Base Clasp. 3. World War II Victory Medal. 4. Air Crew Insignia. (p) Civilian Education. 1. Graduate of High School (12 years), Garibaldi, Oregon, 1931. 2. Enrolled in the university of Kansas at Lawrence, Kansas, in September 1931, and withdrew in December of the same year. 3. Completed United States Armed Forces Tests of General Education Development, College Level at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, in June, 1946., with average percentile score of 98+.
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