Master Chief Leslie W Sunday

Navy diver with the rank of master chief petty officer.

Master chief leslie w sunday. My name is master chief billy sunday. This film is based on real life events of carl brashear the first black man to be accepted into the salvage divers school. The movie starts off by introducing master chief leslie w. The movie itself was based upon master chief master diver carl bashear.

Synopsis the movie starts off by introducing master chief leslie w. He is badly beaten and awaiting disciplinary actions. Paul wesley airey chief paul wesley airey was the first chief master sergeant of the air force which is a distictive position in the chief master sergeant rank. The movie begins with robert deniro s character u s.

In the 2000 film men of honor the character leslie william billy sunday portrayed by robert de niro is a u s. Sunday and several other navy members watch tv coverage of an ongoing salvage operation when sunday recognizes a familiar face on the screen. He joined the navy in 1948 and retired in 1979. Although we don t know his name is leslie until much later most people just call him master chief billy sunday.

Billy sunday robert deniro a us navy diver who has recently gone awol. The story behind men of honor the film about the first black master diver finally surfaces on the big screen. As boatswain s mate second class later master diver carl brashear. Truman had the courage and forward thinking and enlightenment to desegregate the united states military.

Hal holbrook as camp commanding officer mr. In the film s press notes. Billy sunday robert deniro a us navy diver who has recently gone awol. Charlize theron as gwen sunday.

No he was not a real person. Login to reply the answers post. He was the first african american diver and the first african american master diver. Leslie william billy sunday president harry s.

Robert de niro as master chief leslie billy sunday. He is badly beaten and awaiting disciplinary actions. Sunday and several other navy members watch tv coverage of an ongoing salvage operation when sunday recognizes a familiar face on the screen. 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.

There can only be one person at any given time to occupy this position. He eventually also earned the rank of master chief himself. Anyway in the film a badly beaten billy is being held by military police for going awol.