Original: Dozois was born July 23, 1947 in Salem, Massachusetts From 1966 to '69 he served in the Army as a journalist, after which he moved to New York City to work as an editor in the science fiction field.
Simplified: Dozois was born July 23, 1947 in Salem, Massachusetts He was in the Army from 1966 to 1969 as a journalist. He then moved to New York City to work as a science fiction editor.