Take responsibility like Eisenhower

 "Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the navy did all that bravery and devotion to duly could do. If any blame or fault is attached to the attempt it is mine alone."

"In case of failure" message drafted by
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
before the D-Day Invasion

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
Pre-Presidential PapersPrincipal File: Butcher Diary
1942-1945
ARC Identifier: 186470