Complex sentence: He witnessed the 82nd Airborne Division's assault on the Waal river crossing at Nijmegen on September 20, describing it as a single, isolated battle that ranks in magnificence and courage with Guam, Tarawa, Omaha Beach.
Split into simpler sentences: He witnessed the 82nd Airborne Division's assault on the Waal river crossing at Nijmegen on September 20. He described it as a single, isolated battle that ranks in magnificence and courage with Guam, Tarawa, Omaha Beach.