Master Chief Billy Sunday Usn
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Master chief billy sunday usn. But his perpetual goad is the movie s one major fictional invention hard as nails master chief and diving instructor billy sunday played by robert de niro. Brashear is played by cuba gooding jr and robert de niro plays master chief billy sunday who trains brashear in the film a fictitious character based on many superiors encountered by brashear in his journey through navy diving. This film is based on real life events of carl brashear the first black man to be accepted into the salvage divers school. Navy master diver rising to the position in 1970 despite having his left leg amputated in 1966 the film men of honor was based on his life.
My name is master chief billy sunday. There was a preacher by the same name who cleaned up chicago of all the whoring spics drunken wops and motherfucking niggers that was making that place unfit for decent white folks to live. He eventually also earned the rank of master chief himself. Robert deniro s character in the film is a composite character that the filmmakers used to characterize a number of u s.
Navy trainers and servicemen who worked with carl brashear. He was 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. He is determined to overcome racism and become the first black american navy diver even proclaiming that he will become a master diver.
Carl maxie brashear january 19 1931 july 25 2006 was a highly decorated united states navy sailor. 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. 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. Navy diver with the rank of master chief petty officer.