[LTCJ]

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.

[U S Army EOD]

Exact same story I got from my father, he still did not appreciate paying for the coffee and donuts.

[swmobuffalo]

" SHAEF ordered the ARC"

Funny how out of 11 men that part never made it to light.