News Anchor Bob Woodruff Injured in Iraq

LANDSTUHL, Germany (CNN) -- ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman "have shown some signs of improvement" and may be transferred to the United States as soon as Tuesday, the network's top news official said Monday.

Woodruff, the 44-year-old co-anchor of "World News Tonight," and cameraman Doug Vogt, 46, arrived in Germany on Monday morning to receive treatment for wounds they suffered Sunday near Taji, Iraq, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Baghdad.

ABC News President David Westin said families of the two had met with doctors, who "will continue to monitor their condition closely," according to a news release.

"As we have known, Doug is in somewhat better condition than Bob," he said. "... They may be brought to the United States for further treatment as soon as tomorrow.

The two men had been embedded with the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division. At the time of the blast, they were traveling with U.S. and Iraqi security forces in the lead of an eight-vehicle convoy of U.S. armored Humvees, ABC said.

The network said the men -- wearing helmets and body armor -- were standing, videotaping a log of their trip, in the rear hatch of the vehicle when the bomb was detonated, apparently by a hard-wire connection. The blast was followed by small-arms fire from three directions, ABC said.

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