Very interesting video, thanks for posting. Here is the full version of Herman Wouk's quote referenced in the video.
"The vision of Sprague's three destroyers the Johnston, the Hoel, and the Heermann charging out of the smoke and rain straight toward the main batteries of Kurita's battleships and cruisers, can endure as a picture of the way Americans fight when they don't have superiority. Our schoolchildren should know about that incident, and our enemies should ponder it."