Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SPECTER. Have you now described fully all of the relevant
characteristics of the fragments identified as Commission Exhibit 843?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Are there any other bullets or bullet fragment or metallic
substances of any sort connected with this case in any way which you
have examined which you have not already testified to here today or on
your prior appearance?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir; that is all of them.
Mr. DULLES. Is there anything further?
Mr. SPECTER. No.
Mr. DULLES. Thank you very much, Mr. Frazier.
The Commission will reconvene at 2:30.
(Whereupon, at 1:30 p.m., the President's Commission recessed.)
Afternoon Session
TESTIMONY OF DR. ALFRED G. OLIVIER
The President's Commission reconvened at 3 p.m.
The CHAIRMAN. The Commission will come to order.
Mr. Specter, has the doctor been sworn yet?
Mr. SPECTER. No, sir; he has not.
The CHAIRMAN. Doctor, would you raise your right hand and be sworn,
please? Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give in
the matter before this Commission will be the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Dr. OLIVIER. Yes, sir.
The CHAIRMAN. You may be seated.
Mr. SPECTER. State your full name for the record.
Dr. OLIVIER. Dr. Alfred G. Olivier.
Mr. SPECTER. What is your occupation or profession?
Dr. OLIVIER. A supervisory research veterinarian and I work for the
Department of the Army at Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
Mr. SPECTER. Would you describe the nature of your duties at that
arsenal, please?
Dr. OLIVIER. Investigating the wound ballistics of various bullets and
other military missiles.
Mr. SPECTER. Would you describe the general nature of the tests which
are carried on at Edgewood Arsenal?
Dr. OLIVIER. For example, with a bullet we run tissue studies getting
the retardation of the bullet through the tissues, the penetration,
various characteristics of it. We use as good tissue simulant 20
percent gelatin. This has a drag coefficient of muscle tissue and makes
an excellent homogenous medium to study the action of the bullet.
We also use animal parts and parts of cadavers where necessary to
determine the characteristics of these things.
Mr. SPECTER. Would you set forth your educational background briefly,
please?
Dr. OLIVIER. Yes; I did 2 years of preveterinary work at the University
of New Hampshire and 4 years of veterinary school at the University of
Pennsylvania, and I hold a degree doctor of veterinary medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. SPECTER. In what year did you complete your educational work?
Dr. OLIVIER. 1953.
Mr. SPECTER. Would you outline your experience in the field subsequent
to 1953?
Dr. OLIVIER. In this field?
Mr. SPECTER. Yes, sir.
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