Editing Philip Johnson (section)

=== Architecture school and Army service ===
In 1941, at the age of 35, Johnson abandoned politics and journalism and enrolled in the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]], where he studied with [[Marcel Breuer]] and [[Walter Gropius]], who had recently fled from Nazi Germany.<ref name=NYT-obit /> In 1941, Johnson designed and built his first building, a house at 9 Ash Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The house, strongly influenced by Mies van der Rohe, has a wall around the lot which merges with the structure.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/2/johnson-mystery-house/ |title=If Only We Could See It: Philip Johnson's Mystery House |author1=Cahill, Frank M. |author2=Harrington, Cleo M. |date=March 2, 2017 |newspaper=The Harvard Crimson |access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref> It was used by Johnson to host social events and was eventually submitted as his graduate thesis; he sold the house after the war, and it was purchased by Harvard in 2010<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.curbed.com/2015/8/20/9928560/21-first-drafts-philip-johnsons |title=21 First Drafts: Philip Johnson's 9 Ash Street House |author=Sisson, Patrick |date=August 20, 2015 |work=Curbed |access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref> and restored by 2016.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://home.planningoffice.harvard.edu/files/hppm/files/harvard_university_town_gown_report_2016_web_012317.pdf |page=15 |title=Harvard University Town Gown Report |date=2016 |publisher=Harvard Planning Office |access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref>

In 1942, while still a student of the architecture school, Johnson tried to enlist with [[Naval Intelligence]], and then for a federal job, but was rejected both times. In 1943, after his graduation from Harvard, he was drafted to the Army and was sent to [[Fort Ritchie|Fort Ritchie, Maryland]], to interrogate German [[prisoners of war]].<ref name="Wortman 2016">{{Cite book |last=Wortman |first=Marc |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/922911666 |title=1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War |publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-8021-2511-8 |edition=First |location=New York |oclc=922911666}}</ref> He was investigated by the FBI for his involvement with the German government, Coughlin and [[Lawrence Dennis]], an American fascist economist, and was cleared for continued military service.<ref name=ids>{{cite web |title=PHILIP JOHNSON |publisher=IDS Center |url=http://ids-center.com/?page_id=679 |access-date=January 29, 2015 |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709032903/http://www.ids-center.com/?page_id=679 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Wortman 2016" /> After the [[Great Sedition Trial|trial of Dennis and his collaborators]], Johnson was relieved of his interrogation duties and transferred to [[Fort Belvoir|Fort Belvoir, Virginia]],<ref>{{cite news|title=At Camp Humphreys, Va|newspaper=The Sunday Star, Washington, DC, pg 68|date=June 23, 1918|id=Newspapers.com}} https://www.newspapers.com/image/332637670</ref> where he spent the rest of his military service doing routine duties.<ref name="Wortman 2016" />