Louis was an Army veteran of WWII. He served with thr 310th Signal Operation Battalion as a truck driver hauling military personnel and supplies over all types of roads under enemy fire. He served in northern France, the Rhineland and central Europe. He became a woodsman and self-employed carpenter and home builder. He was also a coal miner for both Eastern Coal & Gas and Bethlehem Mines and worked as a backhoe operator for Barnes & Tucker.