Who Was The Real Master Chief Billy Sunday

Although we don t know his name is leslie until much later most people just call him master chief billy sunday.

Who was the real master chief billy sunday. The movie begins with robert deniro s character u s. As boatswain s mate second class later master diver carl brashear chris warren jr. 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. This film is based on real life events of carl brashear the first black man to be accepted into the salvage divers school.

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. My name is master chief billy sunday. Navy master chief leslie william sunday. No he was not a real person.

Navy diver with the rank of master chief petty officer. Was robert de niro s character billy sunday a real person. Anyway in the film a badly beaten billy is being held by military police for going awol. 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.