The peace corps was a group of republican young people who campaigned for nixon and other conservative candidates in 1960.

The Peace Corp is created in the United States under the Executive Order 10924 during the term of John F. Kennedy. The goal is to provide assistance and help people outside the country. It also extends itself across cultures and goes to different institutions to provide voluntary work. Such institutions are school, Nongovernment organizations. environment, agriculture, etc.
The Peace Corps was able to express America's intention of friendship through cooperation and intention of having peace in the presence of being through the hardships that countries are facing. 

Stephen a. douglass coined it