Complex sentence: After graduating from the Citadel, Conroy taught English in Beaufort, South Carolina, where he met and married Lenore Fleischer, a young widow of the Vietnam War who had two children (whom he adopted).
Split into simpler sentences: After graduating from the Citadel, Conroy taught English in Beaufort, South Carolina. While there he met and married Lenore Fleischer, a young widow of the Vietnam War, who had two children (whom he adopted).