What conditions did prisoners face inside the boxcars traveling from San Fernando?

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Bataan Death March Prisoners during the Bataan Death March, 1942.

At the rail head in San Fernando, prisoners were forced into small, prewar boxcars that were severely overcrowded, with 100 or more men packed into a space intended for only 40. These conditions were described as ovenlike, and due to the lack of air, hundreds of men died while standing up during the journey to Capas.1