| 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 |
| Pub 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,[1] 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.[2] It was made into a documentary in the same year.[3]
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.[4] [5]