St. John has lost the money that commander Stoner gave him to pay for a diplomatic party. O'Toole agrees to arrange the party for free - and his plan includes borrowing food from other ships in the fleet and asking Chief Nelson to prepare the "wine."

After consuming one too many cups of Malayan punch, Commander Stoner drives a truck through the prized garden of a Malayan general. Furious, the general is set to have Stoner arrested, until a high-ranking American officer - who looks very much like O'Toole - makes a plea for mercy.