Complex sentence: The 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment was shipped to the Panama Canal Zone and arrived at Fort Kobbe on 26 November 1942; the remainder of the battalion sailed for Panama aboard USS Joseph T. Dickman from Camp Patrick Henry at Newport News the next day.
Split into simpler sentences: The 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment was shipped to the Panama Canal Zone. The first units of the battalion arrived at Fort Kobbe on 26 November 1942; the remainder of the battalion sailed for Panama aboard USS Joseph T. Dickman from Camp Patrick Henry at Newport News the next day.