Don Pendleton

To be a pioneer of a major work of fiction takes more than just contributing greatly in such a genre, yet Don Pendleton did that and more. He gave the genre its name; action/adventure and the name would be used not just in novels but in the film, games and comic magazines too. The father of the action/adventure genre, Donald Eugene ‘Don’ Pendleton was born in Little Rock Arkansas in December 12 1927. Don Pendleton himself was an action man. He enlisted for the Navy when World War 2 broke out when he was just 14 years old as a radioman. He served in all theaters of the war until 1947. In 1952 he would re-enlist again to serve in the Korean conflict until 1954.