Ka cika wannan jumla: Bacon yana ɗan shekara 24 ne kawai. Bayan kammala horo, CIA ta tura shi zuwa masarautar Laos don yin aiki a cikin
Yaƙin basasa na Laos. Ya sauya Robert Burr Smith a matsayin mai haɗin gwiwa ga Janar Vang Pao, kuma da sauri ya ɗauki Lao. A wani lokaci, ya kuma koyi Mandarin.