"The stories from WWII about the RC charging for coffee etc, was done by the International Red Cross, not the American Red Cross."
Not according to what my dad and his cousins had to say.
SHAEF ordered the ARC to charge for their services since the British RC could not afford to give their services for free. It was a wartime measure to preserve Tommy morale, reducing already building resentment against US GIs.
Of course, high level command desicions don't make as good a story as barracks room grousing.