Responsibility baseline and mine alon theit the beach, recall, returned to normandy with cbs news man Walter Cronkite in 1964. I was responsible for the decision to go and all the fault fwlongs me and thats that. I was not the way he managed the war. Reporter renown architect frank gehry sa. I had to do it. I wanted to do it. I couldnt stop. Gehrys winning design based on guidance from a commission appointed by congress bears little resemblance to the memorial now built. At its center was a statue of ike as a boy in kansas. Looking out on a series of mettle skrims or tappest tris as gary calls them featuring key events in his life. I think we were perplexed by the design because the family was not pleased. The idea that a young boy would be looking at his future and wishing, what, to become commander of the most devastating war in Human History . I dont think he was dreaming to do that. Reporter how did you respond to that . Well, i had to agree with them. Because you know they wliftd.