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On this Veterans Day many are remembering the loss of one of Florida’s greatest veterans. Retired Navy Admiral LeRoy Collins was killing in July while riding his bike in Tampa. Collins was the son of former governor LeRoy Collins. He also served as the secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs. His lifelong friend, United States Marine Corps General Bob Milligan, took over his post as secretary.

“He was an entrepreneur. He was into everything, anything he could come up with that might help veterans he would try to purse it and see if he could do something with it,” said Milligan.

On August 4th Collins was laid to rest beside his mother and father behind the governor’s mansion on a plot of land donated to the state by his family.