Complex sentence: Bixby was drafted shortly after his eighteenth birthday; rather than report to the United States Army, Bixby joined the United States Marine Corps; he served primarily in the personnel management field, and attained the rank of private first class before his 1956 discharge.
Split into simpler sentences: Bixby was drafted shortly after his eighteenth birthday; rather than report to the United States Army, Bixby joined the United States Marine Corps. He served primarily in the personnel management field, and attained the rank of private first class before his 1956 discharge.