I’m always annoyed by aviation centric accounts that don’t even mention Taffy 3.
Supposedly when the Japanese retired a U.S. sailor exclaimed “dammit boys, they’re getting’ away!”
Another famous quote from the battle of Samar, where “jeep” carriers, tin cans and destroyer escorts squared off against Japanese cruisers and destroyers:
“Keep it up boys, we’re sucking them into 40mm range.”