Soldier Details

Division:

Other
, 
British ATS

Highest Rank:

PFC

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

Sep 1, 1941 - Jun 19, 1945

Honored By:

Husband, Edward F. Quintenz, Jr.

Biography

Kitty was a switchboard operator for SHAEF and REDLINE, serving with the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), the women's branch of the British Royal Army. Kitty met her husband at SHAEF, Edward Quintenz, who installed telephone lines and switchboards. They married in Versailles, France. Making their home in New Jersey after the war, they were members of the 3118th Signal Service Group Reunion and the SHAEF Reunion associations and attended many gatherings nationwide.