Master Chief Billy Sunday
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.
Master chief billy sunday. Wikipedia i think it s important to keep your personal life. Master chief petty officer is an enlisted rank in some navies. William ashley billy sunday was an american athlete who after being a popular outfielder in baseball s national league during the 1880s became the most celebrated and influential american evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century. Master chief is a master chief in the unsc a fictional branch of the military and is the highest enlisted rank attainable.
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. Master chief petty officers are addressed as master chief in colloquial contexts and they constitute the top 1 25 of the enlisted members of the maritime forces. This changed on 20 may. In the film s press notes.
Prior to 1958 chief petty officer was the highest enlisted rate in both the u s. No he was not a real person. 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.