Master Chief Billy Sunday Us Navy

Navy master diver rising to the position in 1970 having an amputated left leg the film men of honor was based on his life.

Master chief billy sunday us navy. If it is lost underwater he finds it. Brashear who was a consultant on men. The navy diver is not a fighting man he is a salvage expert. Sunday and several other navy members watch tv coverage of an ongoing salvage operation when sunday recognizes a familiar face on the screen.

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. Senior chief petty officer e 9. He was also the first person to be returned to full service as a navy diver after losing a limb. He was a u s.

The movie starts off by introducing master chief leslie w. The story behind men of honor survivor s rudy isn t the year s only all star navy man with men of honor recruiting 13 3 million at the box office opening weekend navy diver carl. He is badly beaten and awaiting disciplinary actions. 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 in the film s press notes screenwriter scott marshall smith wrote this isn t a connect the dots biography.

Billy sunday robert deniro a us navy diver who has recently gone awol. Brashear retired in 1979 as a master chief boatswain s mate the highest enlisted rank in the navy. Carl maxie brashear january 19 1931 july 25 2006 was a highly decorated united states navy sailor. Chief petty officer e 8.

A 31 year navy veteran mr. Master chief petty officer e 9 also can be a command master chief cmc of the master chief petty officer of the navy mcpon which is assigned to the highest ranking enlisted person in the united states navy.