 He "used the recognition he received throughout his life to draw attention to veterans' issues" and "considered the cemetery one of his greatest accomplishments" according to his brother John.Bacon was part of the official United States delegation to normalize relations with Vietnam in 1995 and traveled to Israel in the late 1990s on behalf of Jewish veterans to urge the Israeli government not to cede the Golan Heights to Syria.He later served as president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and Chair Emeritus of the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security.