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I'm nearly certain that's the Kindlifresserbrunnen (“Child Eater Fountain”) at the Kornhausplatz (“Granary Place”) in Bern, Switzerland: The statue has a long history & may be anti-semitic. Pasting from Wikipedia:

It was created in 1545/46 by Hans Gieng in place of a wooden fountain from the 15th century. The new fountain's original name was Platzbrunnen (Place Fountain); the current name was used first in 1666. Kindli is a Swiss German diminutive for the German word Kind, meaning child. A literal translation of the name Kindlifresserbrunnen therefore would be "Fountain of the Eater of Little Children". The fountain sculpture is a sitting ogre devouring a naked child. Placed at his side is a bag containing more children. Because the ogre is wearing a pointed hat resembling a Jewish hat[1], it has been speculated[2] about the possibility of the ogre being the depiction of a Jew as an expression of blood libel against Jews. According to other theories it is a depiction of the Greek god Cronus. Probably, however, it is just a carnival character intended to frighten disobedient children[3].

Some of the other photos of the Kindlifresserbrunnen are from the same angle, and show the same buildings in the background as the SDAS photo does. For example: Etc.

American GI's in the Pacific?

Not enough detail to make much of a guess. My guess would, however, be Europe rather than Pacific. The Colonel, second from right, appears to be wearing a jacket, and the man on the far left also seems to have layered clothing; I would not expect that in the Pacific Theater. The man on the far right appears to be in the Air Corps. ??? Just guesses.

Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, NC is on the New River in NC.

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SS Index gives an Irving Sadernsky (1918-2000) and a Nathan Sadernsky (1923-1984), both from Connecticut. An Irene Sadernsky Figarsky was in the class of 1945 at Norwich Free Academy in Connecticut, and served on the school's Jubilee Committee in 2005.

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