Here piggy...

John E. McDonald's first novel Here Piggy! is the story of Mac all ordinary US Army grunt during the height of the Vietnam War-except he's mischievous bright inventive an experienced outdoorsman and a Canadian. He's kicked out of his platoon by an inept lieutenant for falling into a raging river and losing his machine gun. Alone he makes his way through terror-filled jungle eludes the enemy and staggers out of the boonies to a highway. A second-string reporter finds Mac hitchhiking and stumbles onto the story that creates his reputation as well as havoc and hilarity from the jungle to MAC-V headquarters.