-John Dempsey on the radio Cpl. John E. Dempsey is the comical lower-class officer of the group and the secondary protaganist of I am Nicholas Norem. He carries a submachine gun and wears almost a regular US Olive Green Uniform, he works with Nicholas Norem. He only mentions his full name and rank once in the whole story, and it's when he is trying to reach the rest of his team. Since he can only reach Norem, this could mean that the line is jacked or that the rest of the team is dead. This isn't proven because the rest of the team is found dead in the Railyards, but the blood is fresh. He doesn't die and saves Nikolai Novochev after Nicholas Norem goes into the portal, saying "Glad to see you again, Doc"