East Chicago native Emilio Albert De La Garza Jr. received the nation’s highest honor after sacrificing his life to save fellow soldiers during the Vietnam War. Veterans and community activists have pushed for years to get East Chicago, the city where he was born and raised, to honor the Mexican-American Medal of Honor recipient by naming a building or public space in his honor. Now De La Garza is getting his due in his hometown. On a blustery, chilly day, with a blanket of yellow and orange