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a difference, coming up on 50 years now. our report from nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: they've come together to celebrate. back to rutgers university in new jersey, where they trained for what was a new volunteer program almost 50 years ago. a group of 62 young men without a real good idea of what they were getting themselves into. >> it's decision time and you're invited to go to colombia. well, yeah! you know, let's go. when is the plane leaving? >> reporter: they all say they signed up after hearing a young president's call to action. >> we'll send americans abroad who are qualified to do a job. >> reporter: what do you think those two years meant to your life? >> for me, there's no question, it was life changing. at 19, 20, 21, i had -- i had no direction. i didn't think about what i wanted to be when i grow up. >> i got to live in different places and meet different people.