Australian Army Lt. Gen. Scott Winter, Deputy Commander of United Nations Command, greets family members of Maj. Arthur G. Bonifas during the 50th commemoration ceremony at Camp Bonifas on Aug. 18, 2026, honoring Maj. Bonifas and 1st Lt. Mark T. Barrett, who were killed in the 1976 “axe murder incident” in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
260817-A-XO140-5760.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Seongho Park

Camp Bonifas, South Korea - Australian Army Lt. Gen. Scott Winter, Deputy Commander of United Nations Command, greets family members of Maj. Arthur G. Bonifas during the 50th commemoration ceremony honoring Maj. Bonifas and 1st Lt. Mark T. Barrett at Camp Bonifas, Aug. 18, 2026. The ceremony commemorated the 1976 “axe murder incident,” in which the two officers were killed by North Korean soldiers while leading a work party to trim a poplar tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (U.S. Army photo by KATUSA Sgt. Seongho Park)


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