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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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71763 Pers=3176(3191)pmd-2A ## 26 December 1945 From: The Chief of Naval Personnel. To: Captain Luther G. B E L L, Medical Corps, USN, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department. Via: The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Subject: Precept convening a board of medical examiners. Reference: (a) SecNav 1st endorsement dated 17 November 1943. 1. In accordance with the authority vested in me by reference (a), a board of medical examiners for the purpose of acting upon reports of physical examinations of officers of the U. S. Naval Reserve and the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve for appointment in the regular Navy and Marine Corps, is hereby ordered to convene at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department. 2. The board will consist of yourself as president and of the following named officers as members. Captain Clifford P. POWELL, MC, USN, Commander Gerald W. HURST, MC, USN, Commander Joseph C. PLACAK, Jr., MC, USNR, Commander Ferdinand E. CHATARD, MC, USN, Lieutenant Commander Arthur F. GARDNER, MC, USN, Ret., Lieutenant Commander Daniel R. KOHLI, MC, USN. 3. Lieutenant Commander Daniel R. KOHLI, MC, USN, will act as recorder: 4. Any two or more members may act in any one case and the junior member will act as recorder in the absence of the designated recorder. 5. The board of medical examiners convened by BuPers letter Pers-3176 (3191) gv-2A dated 2 November 1945 is hereby dissolved. LOUIS DENFELD Certified a true copy: /s Daniel R. Kohli Lt. Comdr. (MC), USN Member and Recorder
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