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Final Personnel Record for Newhouse, Delbert C., U.S. Navy, 1957
U.S. Department of War · 1957-05-02 · 585 pages · text by OCR, confidence 98%
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.
(FORM FOR OFFICERS WITH PRIOR ENLISTED SERVICE)
Name: NEWHOUSE, Delbert Clement
Officer File No.: 177283
1. I had enlisted service subsequent to 7 September 1939 in a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States as follows:
Date of Enlistment
Branch of Service
Enlisted Serial No.
24 January 1939
U. S. Navy
393 07 21
2. During the above period (a) of service I had leave as follows:
Days of leave
Fiscal Year
Days of leave
Fiscal Year
19
1940
3. During the above period (a) of service I was AWOL, AOL or in confinement as a result of sentence of a court martial: 0 days.
4. (a) I was appointed a commissioned or warrant officer directly from enlisted status on:
1 September 1942
Or
4. (b) I was discharged from _________________________, on _________________________, at which time my enlisted rank or rating was _________________________, and I was appointed a commissioned or warrant officer on _________________________.
5. At the date of my discharge, or appointment (as indicated in 4 (a) or (b) above) I was (was) serving in one of the first three pay grades.
6. If the statement above is in the affirmative I did (did not) have a dependent.
7. I attach the following documents: Acceptances of appointments as PHOT, USN; ENS, USN; LTJG, USN; and LT, USN.
8. I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am the person who served in the Armed Forces under the name stated above and that the foregoing statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Signature of Claimant:
*H. C. Newhouse*
Subscribed and sworn to before me on:
NOV 25 1946
Officer Authorized to administer oaths:
*K. A. GRAHN, CDR SC USN*
(After completing this form attach it securely to the Officer Claim Form.)
End-1.
To: Officer in Charge Terminal Leave Disbursing Office.
[Redacted text — heavily redacted and illegible]
Service record of LT NEWHOUSE cannot be examined; record forwarded to BuPers at time of NEWHOUSE'S discharge from permanent enlisted status to accept permanent appointment as Chief Photographer on 25 Sept 1946.
Commanding Officer:
*K. A. GRAHN, CDR SC USN*
PH-10-10-46—5,6
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model (mean confidence 98%); expect the odd misread word. 585 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.