The Real Master Chief Billy Sunday
Was robert de niro s character billy sunday a real person.
The real master chief billy sunday. He eventually also earned the rank of master chief himself. But his perpetual goad is the. Carl maxie brashear january 19 1931 july 25 2006 was a highly decorated united states navy sailor. Robert de niro adds marquee value and salty bluster as billy sunday the drunken redneck and fictionalized master chief who watches with gradual admiration as brashear attains his ultimate goal through sheer force of will.
In the 2000 film men of honor the character leslie william billy sunday portrayed by robert de niro is a u s. He was a u s. Navy diver with the rank of master chief petty officer. Truman had the courage and forward thinking and enlightenment to desegregate the united states military.
My name is master chief billy sunday. Navy master chief leslie william sunday. The true story behind men of honor the movie begins with robert deniro s character u s. Although we don t know his name is leslie until much later most people just call him master chief billy sunday.
Anyway in the film a badly beaten billy is being held by military police for going awol. Leslie william billy sunday edit president harry s. No he was not a real person. 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.
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 is determined to overcome racism and become the first black american navy diver even proclaiming that he will become a master diver. 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. 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.
This film is based on real life events of carl brashear the first black man to be accepted into the salvage divers school.