Complex sentence: Ho-Jon, the houseboy of Captains Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre has been accepted to Hawkeye's college, but they need to raise a tuition for him, so they hold a party while their commanding officer, Lt. Col Henry Blake, is away.
Split into simpler sentences: Ho-Jon, the houseboy of Captains Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre, has been accepted to Hawkeye's college, but they must first raise a tuition for him. They hold a party while their commanding officer, Lt. Col Henry Blake, is away.