The following Sept. 7, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2 column 1:
Returns from Overseas
Boyd Crapeau, A.M. 1/c, was in Lowell Tuesday visiting friends he made here while working with the Palmer Heating Co., of Leroy. Boyd has just returned from 28 months service overseas and having gained 30 pounds in that time, has decided that navy life must agree with him. He left yesterday for Corpus Christi, Texas, to report for his new assignment.
This June 7, 1945, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 1:
Here on Leave
Chief Petty Officer Boyd Crapeau arrived here from Corpus Christi, Texas, Monday, to spend a short time before going to visit his parents at his home in Wisconsin. Boyd, who formerly worked for the Palmer Heating Co., is well known here and is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Palmer. He returned to this country last August after 28 months overseas and is now stationed at the Navy base in the Texas city.