Master Chief Billy Sunday Navy Diver
If it is lost underwater he finds it.
Master chief billy sunday navy diver. 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. 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. 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.
He eventually also earned the rank of master chief. In the 2000 film men of honor the character leslie william billy sunday portrayed by robert de niro is a u s. He was the first african american to become a u s. Navy diver with the rank of master chief petty officer.
If it s sunk he brings it up. He is determined to overcome racism and become the first black american navy diver even proclaiming that he will become a master diver. 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 also having an amputated left leg.