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 Phyllis, 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.

[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.

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