The Redskins, as everyone who isn’t the media by now knows, got their
name from their Native American players back in the day. Some of the surviving
WW2 Navajo code talkers may know that, because unlike liberals, they weren’t born yesterday.
As a joint celebration of the NFL’s Salute to Service month and Native
American Heritage month, the Washington
Redskins recognized four members of the Navajo Code Talkers Association.
The code talkers were a group of Native American service members who
transmitted secret communications beginning in World War II.
Four representatives — Navajo Code Talkers Association President Peter
MacDonald Sr., Vice President Roy Hawthorne and members George James Sr. and
George Boyd Willie Sr. — were recognized during a commercial break during the
first quarter of the Redskins’ game vs. the San Francisco 49ers. They stood in
the end zone nearest the tunnel that leads to the Redskins’ locker room and
received a round of applause while a video tribute to the code talkers played.
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