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Soldier 23The book made many heartbreaking revelations. Journalist Rick Bragg who has also been awarded Pulitzer Prize disclosed that she was abused during the time Jessica stayed unconscious in Iraq. And it was not a hollow claim, the medical reports stating the condition of injuries suffered by Jessica substantiated each and every word of the writer. Though Jessica was initially hesitant about inculcating these facts in her book. She was “adamantly opposed to including the…claim in the book.” Bragg insisted on it and told her that “people need to know that this is what can happen to women soldiers.”