Bonifas Fine Arts Center
Bonifas may refer to: People * Arthur Bonifas, one of two victims in a 1976 Korean axe murder incident * Catherine Bonifas (1864–1948), Irish-born American philanthropist * Paul Bonifas (1902–1975), French actor Other uses * Camp Bonifas, a United Nations Command military post in South Korea named after Arthur Bonifas * ''The Bonifas'', original name of ''Aztec Challenge ''Aztec Challenge'' refers to either of two early action video games published by Cosmi Corporation, COSMI, as well as two subsequent remakes. In all game versions the player takes control of a running Aztec warrior. The first was a side-scrollin ...

Arthur Bonifas
The Korean axe murder incident (, ) was the killing of two US Army officers, Captain Arthur Bonifas and First Lieutenant Mark Barrett, by North Korean soldiers on August 18, 1976, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The US Army officers had been part of a work party cutting down a poplar tree in the JSA. Three days later, American and South Korean forces launched Operation Paul Bunyan, an operation that cut down the tree with a show of force to intimidate North Korea into backing down, which occurred. North Korea then accepted responsibility for the earlier killings. The incident is also known alternatively as the hatchet incident, the poplar tree incident, and the tree trimming incident. Background In the Joint Security Area, near the Bridge of No Return, a poplar tree blocked the line of sight between a United Nations Command (UNC) checkpoint and an observation post. Running across the middle of the bridge was the Mili ...
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Catherine Bonifas
Catherine Nolan Bonifas (1864 – 1948) was an early resident and major benefactor of the city of Escanaba, Michigan, Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Biography Catherine Nolan was born on May 15, 1864, in County Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland. She was born to a Catholic Church, Catholic family and remained a Devout Roman Catholic, devout believer throughout her life. As a teenager in a poor family, Catherine immigrated to Michigan after finding a job as a maid at a logging camp on Garden Peninsula. Marriage Her future husband William Bonifas was born on May 9, 1864, in Beringen, Luxembourg, just six days before her own birth in Ireland. Bill migrated to the United States with very little money and quickly became a lumberjack in the Upper Peninsula, ending up at the same logging camp where Catherine worked as a maid. The two were married in 1894. The couple founded the William Bonifas Logging Company soon after, buying 40 acres of ...
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Paul Bonifas
Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris. Career In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938. He made his first film appearance in 1935 in a version of Dostoyevsky's ''Crime and Punishment'', directed by Pierre Chenal. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was badly wounded, and evacuated from Dunkirk with his unit. In London he joined the Free French, and worked for ''Radio Londres'' broadcasting to occupied France. In 1942 he appeared in the film ''The Foreman Went to France''. In 1943 he formed "The Molière Players", who staged a repertoire of mainly Molière works in London theatres, as well as in regional towns and at French army barracks. In 1944 "The Molière Players" ap ...
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Camp Bonifas
Camp Bonifas is a United Nations Command military post located south of the southern boundary of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). It is south of the Military Demarcation Line, which forms the border between South Korea (the Republic of Korea) and North Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea). It was returned to the Republic of Korea in 2006. Overview Camp Bonifas is home to the United Nations Command Security Battalion-Joint Security Area (JSA), whose primary mission is to monitor and enforce the Korean Armistice Agreement of 1953 between North and South Korea. Republic of Korea and United States Forces Korea soldiers (known as "security escorts") conduct the United Nations Command DMZ Orientation Program tours of the JSA and surrounding areas. The camp has a gift shop which sells DMZ- and JSA-related souvenirs. The camp, formerly known as Camp Kitty Hawk, was renamed on August 18, 1986, in honor of U.S. Army Captain Arthur G. Bonifas (posthumously promoted ...
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