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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 99
BY SENATOR ADLEY
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Dorothy Bell Jeter Bauer for her service to her country
as a member of the U.S. Navy in World War II.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend Dorothy Bell Jeter Bauer for her brave and faithful service to the United States2
during World War II as a member of the U.S. Navy's WAVES.3
WHEREAS, Dorothy Bell Jeter Bauer is a native of Castor, Louisiana, who moved4
to Baton Rouge in 1938, and graduated from Istrouma High School in 1941, just as World5
War II was raging across the globe; and6
WHEREAS, on January 9, 1945, Mrs. Bauer enlisted in the U.S. Navy's Women7
Approved for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and headed for Hunter College in8
the Bronx, New York, for basic training; and9
WHEREAS, she later transferred to Flight Orderly Training School at the Naval Air10
Station in Olathe, Kansas, and trained successfully to become a flight crew member of the11
Naval Air Transport Squadron; and12
WHEREAS, when Mrs. Bauer completed her training, she received orders to transfer13
to Air Squadron 1 in Patuxent River, Maryland; and14
WHEREAS, during Mrs. Bauer's service, she participated in international flights to15
Newfoundland, the West Indies, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda, as well as many domestic flights16
along the east coast and California, averaging about one hundred hours of flight time each17
month; and18 SR NO. 99
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WHEREAS, she saw the terrible results of war as many of her passengers were1
wounded military personnel from the war in the South Pacific; and2
WHEREAS, during Mrs. Bauer's dedicated service for her homeland, she was one3
of only about three hundred female flight orderlies in the entire Navy, and she took special4
pride in knowing that she was performing a critical job for America during some of the5
darkest moments of the war; and6
WHEREAS, Mrs. Bauer would meet and marry Navy aviation machinist Thomas F.7
Bauer in 1947, and follow him as he continued to serve and make the Navy his career; and8
WHEREAS, she received an Honorable Discharge on March 21, 1947, at the Naval9
Air Station at Patuxent River, Maryland, but she remained a military wife until her husband10
retired in 1961 and they returned to Baton Rouge; and11
WHEREAS, Mrs. Bauer worked at Moore Products Company until she joined her12
husband in retirement and together they raised a family of three children: Stan who made13
the Navy his career; Keith who retired from the Baton Rouge Police Department and14
currently works with Louisiana Senate Security; and Tanya who currently works for the15
Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office; and16
WHEREAS, Mrs. Bauer lost her beloved husband in 1992 when he succumbed to17
cancer, but her life has been full, blessed with five grandchildren and three18
great-grandchildren who always provide her with their stories and their love; and19
WHEREAS, Mrs. Bauer has also remained an active member of the Greenwell20
Springs Baptist Church and military organizations such as the Navy Club, Fleet Reserve21
Association, American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.22
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana23
does hereby express its highest commendations and its sincere gratitude to Dorothy Bell24
Jeter Bauer for her service in the highly important and dangerous air missions she flew25
during World War II in support of American troops as a member of the United States Navy26
WAVES.27
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to28
Dorothy Bell Jeter Bauer and her family.29 SR NO. 99
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
Adley SR No. 99
Commends Dorothy Bell Jeter Bauer for her service as a member of the Navy WAVES.