TOPICS > Health  Extended Interview: B.J. Jackson  December 3,
2003 at 12:00 AM EDT   SUSAN DENTZER: So you arrive [in Baghdad]
April 25th, just a bit before the war is over, in effect, the
combat phase. … What in general terms was your job while you
were in Iraq?  B.J. JACKSON: I worked on any weapons that went
down … all the supply stuff, and we lost a couple of guys due to
injuries, broken bones and such. … So I just filled in different
platoons doing MP [military police] duties.  SUSAN DENTZER: How
dangerous did it seem in Iraq during that period before you were
wounded?  B.J. JACKSON: About as bad as it is now, but the war’s
not over. Everybody keeps saying it is, but there are still
people getting killed, people getting injured.  SUSAN DENTZER:
Tell me what happened on August 7th, to the best that you
remember.  B.J. JACKSON: I was told a phosphorous land mine went
off underneath the vehicle [I was in], an RPG [rocket-propelled
grenade] hit the side of the vehicle, and there were guys in
three buildings