noon on the 27th of June
Hereafter it was `` Remember the fish . '' This was done so persistently that the officer who was responsible for the blunder was dubbed `` Fish , '' and whenever he went near any member of the crew he was likely to hear , in a low tone , `` Remember the fish . '' After leaving the Isle of Pines the eastern shore of Cuba was rounded and a straight run made for Key West . At noon on the 27th of June , just twenty-nine days after the `` Yankee '' sailed from New York , we again entered a home port . The time was brief as time goes , but our varied experiences in foreign waters made the sight of the stars and stripes flaunting over American soil particularly pleasing . As we neared our anchorage the most entrancing rumors were rife . We were to get shore liberty without doubt , and the ship was to be coaled by outside labor .