Australian Army Lt. Gen. Scott Winter, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Robin Bolmer, and family members of Maj. Arthur G. Bonifas and 1st Lt. Mark T. Barrett pose for a group photo during the 50th commemoration ceremony at Camp Bonifas on Aug. 18, 2026, honoring the two officers killed in the 1976 “axe murder incident” in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
260817-A-XO140-5849.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Seongho Park

Camp Bonifas, South Korea - Australian Army Lt. Gen. Scott Winter, deputy commander of United Nations Command, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Robin Bolmer, senior enlisted leader of United Nations Command, along with family members of Maj. Arthur G. Bonifas and 1st Lt. Mark T. Barrett, pose for a group photo during the 50th commemoration Ceremony honoring Maj. Bonifas and 1st Lt. Barrett at Camp Bonifas, Aug. 18, 2026. The ceremony commemorated the 1976 “axe murder incident,” in which the two U.S. Army 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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