Howard Rutledge

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Author	Howard and Phyllis Rutledge with Mel and Lyla White
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Autobiography
Publisher	Baker Publishing
Publication date	1973
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)

In the Presence of Mine Enemies: 1965–1973 – A Prisoner of War is a memoir by American pilot Howard E. Rutledge, co-written with his wife and Mel and Lyla White, of his time in a Vietnamese POW camp during the Vietnam War. When it was published it was the first book-length firsthand treatment of the experiences of American prisoners of war in Vietnam. It was made into a documentary in the same year. After the war, Rutledge was head of the University of Oklahoma's department of naval science and twice ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. He died of cancer in Norman, Oklahoma in 1984.