Is Master Chief Billy Sunday Real

Navy diver with the rank of master chief petty officer.

Is master chief billy sunday real. My name is master chief billy 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. 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. 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.

No he was not a real person. 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. This film is based on real life events of carl brashear the first black man to be accepted into the salvage divers school. 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.

Can you tell me everything you know about leslie william billy sunday. As it turns out the master chief is a teacher at the diving school. Even though billy sunday wasn t a real person this scene did happen. He eventually also earned the rank of master chief himself.

When carl reported to the diving school in bayonne new jersey. In the film s press notes. He was a navy diver robert de niro act s as him in the movie men of honor he was master chief petty officer did he ever. He is determined to overcome racism and become the first black american navy diver even proclaiming that he will become a master diver.

Though de niro s character the boorish commander billy sunday is a composite of two specific naval instructors brashear had at the navy s new jersey diving school one a racist and the other a. There s a brief moment where robert deniro s version of billy sunday thinks carl is there to be a cook. My name is master chief billy sunday.