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"Friday Night Lights" actress Connie Britton presents St. Louis Park, Minn., resident Walter Fricke with an award during the Microsoft Above and Beyond Awards Ceremony Nov. 12, 2007, in New York. Fricke, a helicopter pilot during Vietnam, received the award for providing free air transportation for wounded and recovering troops and veterans through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots.

"Friday Night Lights" actress Connie Britton presents St. Louis Park, Minn., resident Walter Fricke with an award during the Microsoft Above and Beyond Awards Ceremony Nov. 12, 2007, in New York. Fricke, a helicopter pilot during Vietnam, received the award for providing free air transportation for wounded and recovering troops and veterans through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots.

"Friday Night Lights" actress Connie Britton presents St. Louis Park, Minn., resident Walter Fricke with an award during the Microsoft Above and Beyond Awards Ceremony Nov. 12, 2007, in New York. Fricke, a helicopter pilot during Vietnam, received the award for providing free air transportation for wounded and recovering troops and veterans through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots.

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