Complex sentence: He majored in English at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., then fought in the Philippines and in Okinawa in World War II and earned a MBA degree from the University of Chicago in 1949.
Split into simpler sentences: He majored in English at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. He then fought in the Philippines and Okinawa in World War II and earned a MBA degree from the University of Chicago in 1949.