Platoon Leader (Also Known As: Baptismo de Fogo ) is a Drama film directed by Aaron Norris and written by Andrew Deutsch (screenplay), Rick Marx (screenplay). It released on October 1988 (USA). The film stars Tony Pierce, Robert F. Lyons, Michael Dudikoff. A young officer, just out of West Point is sent to Vietnam, where the men don't respect him until he gets wounded and returns to be a wiser soldier and a better commander.