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 to major), who along with First Lieutenant Mark T. Barrett (posthumously promoted to captain), were killed by North Korean soldiers in the "Korean axe murder incident".
There is a par 3 one-hole "golf course" at the camp which includes an AstroTurf green and is surrounded on three sides by minefields.[3]Sports Illustrated called it "the most dangerous hole in golf" and there are reports that at least one shot detonated a land mine.[3]
Kevin Sullivan of The Washington Post reported in 1998 that Camp Bonifas was a "small collection of buildings surrounded by triple coils of razor wire just 440 yards south of the DMZ" that, were it not for the minefields and soldiers, would "look like a big Boy Scout camp".[3]