A journey into the past has helped one Florida woman connect the dots between her father's legacy and the previously unknown history of the 818th Amphibious Truck Company of World War II.

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Sisters Beth Stoor, left, and Leslie Holland, right, stand in front of a DUKW "duck" amphibious vehicle that was part of their father's 818th Amphibious Truck Company with Lisa Keith-Lucas, a ...