Complex sentence: Tipper made his first combat jump into Normandy on D-Day, where he met with fellow Easy Company member Frank Mellet and some other paratroopers and engaged in a firefight with a German patrol.
Split into simpler sentences: Tipper made his first combat jump into Normandy on D-Day. He met with fellow Easy Company member Frank Mellet and some other paratroopers and had a firefight with one German patrol.