Florida Belle steamboat returns to Destin area for weekend trips
Capt Ken Weldon guides the 87 foot paddlewheeler Florida Belle on weekend runs through Santa Rosa Sound from Destin. The replica sternwheeler draws 3.5 feet of water and carries up to 150 passengers, with plans for private charters and seasonal upgrades while Weldon recounts a life of naval service, boat building, and Destin fleet ties.
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Karen MacGrogan
Destin
Okaloosa
Walton County
Ken Weldon
Santa Rosa Sound
Bay
Sound
Gulf
Weldon
New Orleans
Leonard Destin
New England
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Korea
Eglin
New Mexico
Alaska
Maine
New Jersey
Azores
Deckhands Marina
S.A. Dixon
Chubby Destin
Tommy Browning
William Frank Davis
Preston Phillips
Phillips
Sea Lark
Gulf Coast
Fort Lauderdale
Bahamas
Buddy Gentry
Steve Sauer
G and S Boats
Azalea Street
Remembering Pearl Harbor through Yvonne Holley's wartime years
Yvonne Holley recalls the December 7 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor while living in Honolulu with her husband Alfred then aboard the submarine Tambor. She describes isolation censorship and fear amid wartime duty and the eventual reunion after Alfred returns from battles at Coral Sea and Midway.
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Yvonne Holley
Yvonne
Alfred
Wake Island
Honolulu
Santa Rosa Beach
U.S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
States
Pearl
Shultis
Coral Sea
Midway
Santa Rosa
Navy
Yvonne Ome
Hawaii
Philippines
Australia
Edward
Julia Shultis
South Walton
Cessna
Point Washington
New London
Connecticut
Japan
Alfred Holley
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Rae
Ken
Opal Weldon
Panhandle
Fort Walton
Bill Weldon
Bernarr Kelly
Bill
Morris Frazier
Peggy Bailer