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English: Pfc. Kenneth Dickerson, a 19-year-old Marine from Clive, Iowa, assigned to the Hawaii-based Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talks to a couple of children in Barwanah, Iraq, July 29, 2006. The 19-year-old U.S. Marine from Clive, Iowa, has spent the past four months of his deployment in Iraq teaching himself Arabic, and uses it to help his fellow Marines by serving as a translator during the unit�s daily patrols through Barwanah, Iraq. �He came here not knowing one word of Arabic, and now we take him out on patrol and we do not need an interpreter,� said Cpl. Daniel Robert, a 22-year-old from Philadelphia who says Dickerson �is an outstanding Marine.� When 3rd Battalion arrived in Iraq four months ago, there was a shortage of interpreters. On many patrols, the Marines were not able to communicate with the local populace. Dickerson soon found out he had a knack for learning the language � he was able to remember almost every phrase Iraqi soldiers taught him. �I enjoy working with the Iraqi people and learning about their culture and way of life,� said Dickerson, who says he was an avid motocross racer when he grew up in his �small town.�