Kieda, Paul, “Kieda, Paul (Interview outline), 2013,” Digital Collections, accessed May 11, 2026, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29112.
Paul Kieda was born in 1949 and enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school. He trained as an aircraft mechanic and volunteered for Vietnam, but was assigned to Okinawa instead. Here he serviced aircraft used for training as well as combat missions.