Patch and Harmon's insistence on taking Mount Austen has been cited as one of the factors that delayed the American's main attack to the west, giving the 17th Army a chance to escape.
Patch og Harmons insisteren på at erobre Mount Austen er blevet set som en af de faktorer, der forsinkede det amerikanske hovedangreb mod vest og gav 17. armé en chance for at undslippe.