/internal/media/dispatcher/76055/fullOliver "Buck" Revell Oral History05/20/2009Duration: 102 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2009.001.00340Videotaped oral history interview with Oliver "Buck" Revell. A captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, Revell joined the FBI in 1964 in part because of his interest in the Kennedy assassination. During his long career with the Bureau from 1964 to 1994, he achieved the rank of Executive Assistant Director-Investigations (SES-6). Revell worked with the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation and, as Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Division, supervised the release of the Dallas FBI office's Kennedy assassination-related files in the early 1990s.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 20, 2009 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and forty-two minutes long.Oral Histories725880E-100E-1029847Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Oliver "Buck" Revell. A captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, Revell joined the FBI in 1964 in part because of his interest in the Kennedy assassination. During his long career with the Bureau from 1964 to 1994, he achieved the rank of Executive Assistant Director-Investigations (SES-6). Revell worked with the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations investigation and, as Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Division, supervised the release of the Dallas FBI office's Kennedy assassination-related files in the early 1990s.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 20, 2009 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and forty-two minutes long.InvestigationsEvidenceMovieAnniversaryConspiracy theoriesLone gunman theoryOral historiesRevell, Oliver "Buck"Kennedy, John F.Hoover, J. EdgarStone, OliverBlakey, G. RobertFederal Bureau of InvestigationU.S. Marine CorpsHouse Select Committee on AssassinationsHouse Select Committee on AssassinationsDallasDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Law Enforcement (OHC)Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)Popular Culture (OHC)During his thirty-year career with the FBI, Buck Revell received several awards and commendations, including the Presidential Distinguished Senior Executive Award, presented by President George H.W. Bush in 1989; the FBI Medal for Meritorious Achievement (1991); and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (1991). - Stephen Fagin, Curator Oliver "Buck" Revell is the author of A G-Man's Journal (1998), which details his long career at the FBI, particularly his involvement with the Kennedy assassination and Oklahoma City bombing investigations. It may be found here in the Museum's Library Collection: Bibliovation | Details for A G-man's journal. - Stephen Fagin, Curator