Complex sentence: Woods grew up as a pacifist and on his 18th birthday declared himself a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War drafts and was required to perform two years of civilian service instead of going into the military.
Split into simpler sentences: Woods grew up as a pacifist and on his 18th birthday declared himself a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War drafts. He was required to perform two years of civilian service instead of going into the military.