1.   But the slight railroad porter was not honored by the American military during his lifetime.

2.   His father, a waiter and later a railroad porter, abandoned the family.

3.   Six decades ago, he was a railroad porter in this town.

4.   The Texas-born son of a maid and a railroad porter spent three decades in Sacramento as one of the most astute and successful politicians in the capital.

5.   Mays, a retired steelworker and railroad porter, died Friday at Sequoia Hospital.