May we presume you’re speaking from experience, as you provided no source for your erudite response?
Otherwise, most of the words in your response match Snopes.com’s “rebuttal” to this.
Last time I checked, snopes.com put out more than 400 articles PER DAY in support of their god in the white hut. Why trust obamatons?
I don't. You leapt to that conclusion.
I'm a student of WWII and am familiar with the good work of the Red Cross but had not heard about the coffee and doughnuts controversy. My source on that is an NPR story that used the Red Cross Archivist as its source. If the Red Cross fesses up to it that's pretty good authority.
I think Snopes is pretty good on Internet hoaxes and scams but I find it unreliable on issues with political angles and don't trust it on those. I did see the Snopes article and the Ike quote also corroborates the story.
I know from extensive reading that American soldiers were paid at least twice as much as the Brits and generally three times the British rate, plus got perks like free cigarettes, plus their chow and equipment was better. That caused a lot of friction in the UK. Remember, when we got in the war it was already was three years old in Britain, the country was broke and on severe rationing. Girls were attracted to the generous GI's with plenty of spending money. The alliance was a great success but the Army had to work hard at it. The first Thanksgiving in Britain, in 1942, the American troops donated their turkeys to UK orphanages and hospitals. The Brits never forgot.