 As a ghost soldier, Porter created "painstakingly realistic" camouflage such as leaves and branches on material the United States Army was trying to conceal from the German Army and purposefully less realistic camouflage on dummy material designed to attract German fire, according to Jack Kneece, author of "Ghost Army of World War II".Porter was born in Kaplan, Louisiana.He grew up in Biloxi, Mississippi and Crowley, Louisiana.