Lieutenant Colonel Arsene P. Bonifas was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 4 July 1942. | His duty assignments include: Captain, 381st Infantry, 96th Infantry Division, Camp Adair, Oregon; Battalion S-3 Captain, 381st Infantry, Philippine Isalnds-Leyte; Battalion S-3 Captain, 381st Infantry, Phillipine Islands, Okinawa; CO Mil Tng Company - Captain, US Disciplinary Bks, Training of general prisoners, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and Fort Knox, Kentucky; R Company Commander- Captain, 351st Infantry TRUST (Trieste); Major, Battalion S-3, 351st Infantry, TRUST (Trieste); Civilian Component Duty - Major, 426th Infantry, 32d Infantry Division, Wis NG, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Lieutenant Colonel G3 Advisor, I ROK Corps, KMAG, Korea;  Sub-Committee Chairman, Platoon Tactics Committee, United States Army Infantry School, Fort, Benning, Georgia. | His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with Cluster, and Combat Infantryman Badge.