Peace Corps Commemorative
The Peace Corps program was established by Executive Order 10924, which was issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. The program was legislatively authorized by Congress on September 21, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Pub.L. 87–293). Between 1961 and 2013, over 215,000 Americans joined the Peace Corps. The National Peace Corps Association, a nonprofit organization for Peace Corps alumni, established the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to advocate for a commemorative to honor the mission of the Peace Corps and the values on which it was founded.
Ghana–United States Status of Forces Agreement
In 1961, Ghana was the first country in which the United States deployed Peace Corps personnel, after President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order to establish an agency within the Department of State. Since then, the two countries have engaged in joint military cooperation and exchange programs. A recent example of this occurred when Ghanaian military forces, which had trained in jungle warfare for the past four decades, aided the regionally aligned forces of United States Army Africa in a jungle warfare training exercise in the Achiase Military Base in Ghana.