<THREAD>As we mark #DDay75 this week, I thought it would be worth shining a light on a few of the Americans who sacrificed so much to secure the democracy that @donaldtrump is so casually and directly assaulting. Waverly B. Woodson, Jr. was a medic in the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only African-American combat unit assigned to the Normandy landings. Wounded by shrapnel at Omaha beach, he made it ashore and set up an aid station, treating an estimated 200 wounded.