Master Chief Billy Sunday Navy Diver
Anyway in the film a badly beaten billy is being held by military police for going awol.
Master chief billy sunday navy diver. Navy master diver rising to the position in 1970 having an amputated left leg. If it s sunk he brings it up. The movie begins with robert deniro s character u s. The movie itself was based upon master chief master diver carl bashear.
He joined the navy in 1948 and retired in 1979. He eventually also earned the rank of master chief. He was a u s. A 31 year navy veteran mr.
The film men of honor was based on his life. He was also the first person to be returned to full service as a navy. Navy master chief leslie william sunday. As a crew member of the salvage ship uss hoist where he is assigned to the galley he is inspired by the bravery of one of the divers master chief petty officer leslie william billy sunday.
If it is lost underwater he finds it. In the 2000 film men of honor the character leslie william billy sunday portrayed by robert de niro is a u s. According to the film s press kit the character of billy sunday who was a master chief navy diver and instructor at the diving school in the movie was a composite of various navy men in the film s press notes screenwriter scott marshall smith wrote this isn t a connect the dots biography. No according to the film s press kit the character of master diver billy sunday in the movie men of honor portrayed by robert de niro is a fictional composite of several different sailors.
He was the first african american diver and the first african american. The navy diver is not a fighting man he is a salvage expert. Although we don t know his name is leslie until much later most people just call him master chief billy sunday. He is determined to overcome racism and become the first black american navy diver even proclaiming that he will become a master diver.
If it is lost underwater he finds it. Carl maxie brashear january 19 1931 july 25 2006 was a highly decorated united states navy sailor.