"If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone" - Dwight Eisenhower, the speech that was never pronounced

Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops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 duty could do. 

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 5 1944

Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe