Reviewing the first Mount Austen offensive, former Marine officer and historian Samuel B. Griffith concluded, "As the thoroughly butchered Mount Austen operation dragged on into January, it became apparent that both Major General Patch and his assistant Division commander had much to unlearn, and perhaps even more to learn."
I et tilbageblik på den første offensiv ved Mount Austin konkluderede den tidligere marieofficer og historiker Samuel B. Griffith: "Da den grundigt slagtede Mount Austen operation fortsatte ind i januar stod det klart, at både generalmajor Patch og den assisterende divisionschef brigadegeneral Edmund Sebree] havde meget de skulle lære at lade være med, og måske endda mere at lære."