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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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# INSTRUCTIONS IF NECESSARY, CONTINUE ANY ITEM IN "REMARKS" BUT SPECIFY THE PARTICULAR ITEM BEING CONTINUED. All items of this form MUST be completed and MAINTAINED CURRENT by all officers and enlisted personnel in accordance with the following: NAVY-BuPers Manual, Art. B2312; MARINE CORPS-Par. 4019, PRAM; U. S. COAST GUARD Personnel Manual, Par. 13-B-14. In the event you, the designator, should die, the persons or agencies named in items 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 19 will be notified unless item 15 shall indicate a person or persons NOT to be notified. Should you become critically or seriously ill, or incapacitated to the extent that you cannot notify them, the persons named in items 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 will be notified unless item 15 shall indicate a person or persons NOT to be notified. Payment of any benefits and disposition of remains in case of death shall be in accordance with applicable law. Item 10. Enter full name and address of wife or husband. For wife, use given names, for example, "Marion Elizabeth Dawson." If the designator is single, divorced or widowed, so state. Items 12 and 13.—The term "Father" and/or "Mother" shall be interpreted to include "natural," "step," "adoptive" and person who stood in "loco parentis" to the designator for a period of not less than 1 year at any time prior to designator's entry upon active service. Item 14. -In the event that there is no other adult next of kin other than those named in items 10, 12 and 14, you may name a friend here. However, if a friend is named, he or she must be so identified. Item 14a. Enter under this item, the names of those persons who are in fact actually receiving more than 50 percent of their support from the designator. The information thus furnished shall be used in connection with other determinations of dependency under existing or future laws. Item 16. Enter the name, address, and relationship of beneficiary (or beneficiaries) whom you desire to receive the 6 months' death gratuity in the event you are not survived by a spouse or eligible child(ren). The succession of eligible survivor's as set forth in the "Servicemen's and Veterans" Survivor Benefits Act," P. L. 881-84th Congress, is as follows: (1) Spouse; (2) Children (without regard to their age or marital status) in equal shares; (3) Parents or brothers or sisters (including those of halfblood and those by adoption), when so designated; (4) Parents in equal shares; or (5) Brothers and sisters (including those of halfblood or those by adoption) in equal shares. ## NOTE: The payment to either category (4) or (5) is in the event that a designation is not made under category (3). The term "parents" includes "natural parents," "stepparents," "adoptive parents" and persons who stood in "loco parentis" to the designator for a period of not less than 1 year at any time prior to the designator's entry upon active service. Item 17. Enter name and address of the beneficiary or beneficiaries whom you desire to receive any unpaid pay and allowances (Arrears of Pay) due you at the time of death. There are no restrictions on who may be designated as a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive unpaid pay and allowances and once a designation has been made it is binding until superseded by the completion of a later DD Form 93-1. Item 18. The "Missing Persons Act" provides that pay and allowances continue to accrue to the pay account of any service member for the period he is missing or captured and may be paid to the dependents for support. This item reflects your desires and is used as a guide in the disposition of your pay. Allotments to dependents and insurance companies initiated prior to entering a missing status are continued in effect unless unusual circumstances indicate changes. Item 21. -The person assigned, by the commanding officer, the responsibility for interviewing the designator will, upon completion of the form, witness the designator's signature and sign in block 21. ## DISPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS U. S. NAVY: Original to BuPers, Washington 25, D. C. Duplicate-File in Service Record at duty station. See BuPers Instruction 1085.25 of 27 May 1953. U. S. MARINE CORPS: See Par. 4019, PRAM. U. S. COAST GUARD: See Personnel Manual, Par. 13-B-14. Entry of other useful information in connection with emergency data such as location of will, safety deposit boxes, etc., if applicable, should be made under "Remarks."
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