through may she continued in the liberation of the philippines, in the landings at mangarin bay, mindoro; on panay, and on mindanao. sailing from subic bay 7 june 1945, "eaton" covered the landings at brunei bay, borneo, on 10 june, supporting minesweeping operations, and providing fire support for the invading australians and underwater demolition teams. next came invaluable aid to the assault on the great oil entrepot of balikpapan, on 1 and 2 july. she returned to san pedro bay, 5 july, and her base for operations until the end of hostilities.