Two veterans from World War II were reunited on Nov. 16 in Barren County, Kentucky, after more than 75 years of separation. They grew up in the same county, but their paths had never crossed until traveling by bus to boot camp in May 1944. The two young men quickly became friends, challenging each other to excel while learning the demands of military life. After completing their training, they were assigned to different ships and never saw each other again. Serendipitously, through a casual conversation at a funeral home, relatives on each side realized the two had served together and began making arrangements for them to meet. Genie Hogan, 97,  grew up in Cave City, the son of a sharecropper who served in World War I.  Hogan described living in a house with no electricity or running water. His father had to go and buy new batteries for the radio …