The battle also set another precedent that would continue throughout the war in the Pacific, which was the reluctance of defeated Japanese soldiers to surrender and their efforts to continue killing Allied soldiers, even as the Japanese soldiers lay dying on the battlefield.
Slaget havde også sat en anden standard, som ville fortsætte under hele Stillehavskrigen, nemlig at besejrede japanske tropper var utilbøjelige til at overgive sig, og at de fortsatte med at dræbe amerikanske soldater selv om de japanske soldater lå døende på slagmarken.